Turkey head salt and pepper shakers

Guy Michael Davis made these turkey head salt and pepper shakers. The seasonings come out their nostrils. His former studiomate, Katie Parker, told me that "all (the molds for) his animals come from either 'freshly dead' specimens or from freeze-dried taxidermy." They're $65 dollars on Etsy. Turkey Salt and Pepper Shaker Set

[#1 posted by jimphelps , November 21, 2008 1:52 PM]

You must send a set of these to Sarah Palin for her dinner table. Must!

[#2 posted by Xopher , November 21, 2008 1:58 PM]

The word 'repellent' springs to mind.

And it's not difficult to figure out why Katie's his FORMER studiomate!

Wonderful/terrible. I'm continually amazed by the tastelessness of my fellow humans.

[#3 posted by Johnny Cat , November 21, 2008 2:05 PM]

Wait, before I care whether or not the turkeys are freshly dead, I must know - were they Christian turkeys?

[#4 posted by Takuan , November 21, 2008 2:09 PM]

mmm, could I possibly franchise castings of my own bodily appurtenances for tableware?

[#5 posted by Antinous , November 21, 2008 2:10 PM]

Is there a market for a runcible spoon shaped like a larvipositor?

[#6 posted by Anonymous , November 21, 2008 2:25 PM]

Oh, you're a scroobius pip, you are, Mr. Antinous.

[#7 posted by Bob , November 21, 2008 2:30 PM]

Antinous, it's not very often I run across someone else who knows about runcible spoons.

[#8 posted by sammich , November 21, 2008 2:33 PM]

caruncular cruet

[#9 posted by Takuan , November 21, 2008 2:41 PM]

finish those cabinets,Sammich?

[#10 posted by wolfiesma , November 21, 2008 2:53 PM]

In terms of castings, Tak, what say ye a gilded spleen?

[#11 posted by sammich , November 21, 2008 3:05 PM]

:) Nearly Takuan - thanks for the input, I had already saved a big sheet of cardboard for the job, and made a perfect template, and cut the lovely inch-thick main oak (oak! - oak is so lovely!) board perfectly to fit, but then because the blasted recess (created 6 months ago by an incompetent TWASSOCK of a builder 'fitting' a built-in wardrobe) is 12mm wider at the back, I had to whittle it down by 7mm in order to get it into place.

The walls they laugh at me.

But I'll live.

[#12 posted by Takuan , November 21, 2008 3:09 PM]

use a bigger hammer. And a tub of caulk.

[#13 posted by sammich , November 21, 2008 3:33 PM]

If I'd let myself hold the BIG hammer, the frigging wardrobe would have come down.
There has been plenty of caulk.
It'll all work out in the end.

[#14 posted by Wendesign , November 21, 2008 4:09 PM]

Those are skeksi-riffic!

[#15 posted by Lea Hernandez , November 21, 2008 4:40 PM]

They look like a pair of dildos from a tentacle porn anime.

[#16 posted by nehpetsE , November 21, 2008 8:14 PM]

I have wild turkey head in jar that i pull out and gaze at whenever i want to remind myself that dinosaurs never went extinct.

[#17 posted by ado , November 22, 2008 8:14 AM]

Is that a goose head candle stick holder and cats on the mantle?

[#18 posted by ligress , November 22, 2008 9:46 AM]

Have you seen www.wemake.co.uk? These guys make things out of useless stuff. Among the more curious bits are their shakers inspired by condoms..:))

[#19 posted by PixelFish , November 22, 2008 12:00 PM]

I thought they looked like the disembodied head of Skeksis from the Dark Crystal.