• Home
  • About
  • FAQ
  • Hosting
  • Newsletter
  • T-Shirt
  • Stickers
  • Tips
  • Contact

Laughing Squid

A daily dose of art, culture and technology.

The Swallowing Plates by Lisa Wood

by Al Ridenour on April 22, 2011

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • More
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • LinkedIn
  • Pocket
  • Telegram
  • WhatsApp
  • Skype
  • Reddit
  • Print

Swallowing Plates

Does the name Chevalier Jackson ring a bell?  No?  Then you’re probably not a laryngologist or obsessive fan of Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum and its collection of medical oddities —  in particular the flat-files in which Dr. Chevalier Jackson obsessively-compulsively aranged his 2,000-piece archive of: “Foreign Bodies Removed from the Food and Air Passages.”

But you don’t need to know Jackson or have visited the museum to appreciate the work of San Francisco artist, collector, and jewelry designer Lisa Wood, who has created her own imaginative interpretation of the eccentric doctor’s collection using dinner plates, Victorian tintypes, and various esophagus-sized trinkets.

Each of Wood’s “Swallowing Plates”, published in her book The Swallowing Plates, Objects Swallowed and Recovered From the Human Body, serve up its tiny portion of doom along with matched narrative spun from the artist’s imagination — such as that of little Marion Pickering whose game of catching jacks in her mouth, claims not only her own life but the right arm of her guilt-ridden mother who flings herself before a train.

Those interested in a more literal (yet notably poetic) account of things that go down the wrong way and the doctor who loved them, may want to consult Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration, and the Curious Doctor Who Extracted Them, by award-winning author Mary Cappello.

For  a look at Wood’s other work, check out her recent set of insect dioramas currently on display at Gold Bug, Pasadena’s retail answer to the Mütter Museum.

 

 


Host your WordPress site on Managed WordPress at Laughing Squid Hosting

Related Posts



← Previous Post
Next Post →


  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Tumblr
  • Pinterest
  • RSS Feed

Trending on Laughing Squid

  • Stunning Footage of Sperm Whales Attempting to Communicate With Freedivers Using Clicking Noises
    Stunning Footage of Sperm Whales Attempting to Communicate With Freedivers Using Clicking Noises
  • Man Tells His Escaped Dog to Get Back in the House Using the Intercom Feature of His Video Doorbell
    Man Tells His Escaped Dog to Get Back in the House Using the Intercom Feature of His Video Doorbell
  • New York City Woman Discovers an Entire Empty Second Apartment Behind Her Bathroom Mirror
    New York City Woman Discovers an Entire Empty Second Apartment Behind Her Bathroom Mirror
  • Talking Pied Crow Asks People Passing By on Street ‘Y’alright Love?’ in a Strong Yorkshire Accent
    Talking Pied Crow Asks People Passing By on Street ‘Y’alright Love?’ in a Strong Yorkshire Accent
  • Little Black Cat Sounds Like a Stalling Engine
    Little Black Cat Sounds Like a Stalling Engine

Powered by Laughing Squid Hosting and WordPress VIP
Newsletter | Affiliate Disclosure | Privacy Policy
© 1995-2021 Laughing Squid LLC, all rights reserved