Abattoir jewellery
What do you get when you cross a taxidermist with a jeweller? Some pretty interesting bracelets, that’s for sure.
As part of her jewellery line Abattoir, Julia Deville stuffs and mounts mouse heads. Sound bizarre? That’s because it is.
Abattoir draws morbid inspiration from Victorian mourning jewellery and the plague-ridden 16th and 17th centuries, when religious superstition, ritual and death pervaded all walks of life.
Recently re-introduced to independent-designer watchdog Fat, Julia’s necklaces, buttonhole chains, chunk bracelets, and fob blazer pieces combine delicate skull and bone metallic detail with heavier onyx and smoky quartz.
Using dead mice and birds donated by friends, the label’s stuffed and sordid side is primarily left for exhibition. But if you do fancy Stuart Little on a backboard, pieces can be made to order.
Product: Accessories
Theft: Theft is inevitable: Buy two
Keywords: Fitzroy, Taxidermy, Julia Deville, Jewellery
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