Today's scientists are not the first to create genetically modified (and sometimes scary) living things. Artists have done this for a long time, and being one of those artists, I am giving it a whirl--and a fun spin it is.
I combine papers, lace, buttons, wax, paint, and old botanical drawings to form humorous images--opposites of the very serious genetic mixed-species that are altering our basic food sources today. My animals fit in the category of German "Wolperdingers," those creatures seen only while walking home from the brew pub late at night. They are relatives of the Jackalope, a secretive animal spotted on occasion in the deserts of our western states and who spreads chuckles across the land via tourist postcards.
