We’ve featured this crafter here before with the outstanding and ever so popular squirrel foot earrings as well as a few other items, and yet they never cease to amaze us with their ingenuity.
Yes. I really mean ingenuity.
Because honestly, if I ever came across a dead bird, a rat’s skull or even a dismembered tail, the likelihood of me thinking, “Wow, this would be a fantastic broach! Just add a little dead mouse fur, a decapitated rabbit and voila!” is probably the FURTHEST thing from my mind.
Or it was before Karen and I started this site.
You have to be a creative and patient person to accumulate enough bird legs in order to make a replica crown of thorns. You have to keep your eye out of many, MANY birds to make this happen. That takes perseverance and time – because really? Where would one go to find a plethora of bird legs?
But! No only has this crafter found a plethora of bird legs, they have painted them gold, created a crown and even thought of the minute detail of BLOOD. Droplets of blood.
Droplets of blood dripping from a plethora of bird legs.
From the listing:
This is a life size crown of thorns made with taxidermy bird legs. There are 24 rock dove, pheasant quail and chukar bird legs that have been hand gilt in 24K gold and have glistening blood drops dripping from the claws and pheasant spurs. The crown measures 7 1/2″ x 10″ and is wearable (carefully).
Them a lot of legs people. A LOT.
And? If you wear this I am allowed to call you a bird brain.
Just sayin’.
I can’t for the life of me find the email from the reader at this time. So sorry reader, but thank you for sending us this one!
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July 2nd, 2009 at 1:46 pm
I just looked at their etsy and am now scarred for life by the racoon nose tie tack
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
In case those are chicken legs, gathering them shouldn’t take long. However, this is disgusting … And just to think they start their Bio on etsy with “We have always been animal lovers …” – clearly, the animals would disagree.
sam {temptingmama} (143 comments.) Reply:
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:04 pm
There are – in this particular piece: “24 rock dove, pheasant quail and chukar bird legs.”
Them are some small birds and little feet.
I suppose if you went outside with a BB Gun you could knock off a few rather quickly. *shudder*
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Oh, excuse my blindness. I admit, it was too disgusting to stare at for longer.
Hmm, maybe some of them are kept in captivity? Or commonly hunted?
*Googles pictures* Yes. Still … ew.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:36 pm
ok, I’m pretty much out of words for that one. other than holy fuckin’ wacko, that is.
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July 2nd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Quail and Chukar could maybe come from food processing, but rock dove? Those are pigeon feet.
Do they get the pigeons from city cleaning crews, or do they kill the birds themselves?
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:39 pm
It’s all extremely horrifying. But then again, it’s the ultimate upcycle!
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Ok, I have to admit, while I would NEVER buy this, I think it’s pretty neat looking. Except the bits of red remind me of bird claw toenail polish.
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
You’ve gotta wonder whether he found all these dead birds or killed them all. ):
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July 2nd, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Wow… imagine your brain going from “oh look left over bird legs” to “let’s make something with them” to “I’ll pay homage to Jesus and make crown of thorns with it.” …..
I’m having a stroke just thinking about it.
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July 2nd, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Oh hells no.
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July 2nd, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Things usually don’t gross me out…but when it comes to dead animal parts, I want to vomit. Thanks guys….I WAS enjoying some nice pizza. Now I must bow to the porcelein god and wait for it all to come back up. Really now, I feel it starting to go up instead of down. Please warn me next time!
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:26 am
So none of you have been to a carribean grocery I take it?
sam {temptingmama} (143 comments.) Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:34 am
Oh yes. I LOVE Carribean.
But! I don’t believe I’ve seen a crown of bird’s feet dipped in gold with droplets of fake blood from the talons.
Maybe I missed it.
I agree with Leslie (the comment below) that it’s not so much the product as it is the end result.
Well, that being said. Bird feet still gross me out.
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July 3rd, 2009 at 8:26 am
I was going to say I was speechless until I read the reply above. I have been to a Caribbean grocery but bird feet for a crown of thorns still seems creepy. It’s not so much the feet collection as the end product.
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July 3rd, 2009 at 6:37 pm
I’m gonna have nightmares…that birds are chasing me…shinnying around on their butts… EWWW!!!!!
July 4th, 2009 at 8:44 am
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July 4th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Dont forget to check out their website for even more amazing FINDS!!!
July 6th, 2009 at 1:56 am
wow, i like the blood effects
July 7th, 2009 at 8:32 am
“…and is wearable”
Who’s going to wear this? LOL
July 10th, 2009 at 8:35 am
They aren’t animal lovers, they are animal PARTS lovers. Crap.