Crochet pliably lends itself to freestyle form-making… so there are many artists who use crochet for making three-dimensional forms. This artist, louise weaver crochets soft coverings to fit over taxidermist models. She also combines found objects into the work. Here is a raccoon with a plastic-duster tail

There are also some images of her work on Flickr from the Armory Art show in NY this spring.

I found this via We make money not art.

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