The fabulous Kasey McMahon of yourpsychogirlfriend.com, whose Compubeaver and Text-o-Possum we featured in early Boing Boing TV episodes, has sent along this amazing photograph of a newly completed work: a fully functional birdcage dress. By "fully functional," I mean that it has birdies in it. There's an Instructables for it, too! Roll your own.
(thanks, Christy Canida and Kasey McMahon)
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Does anyone else remember the StarTrek episode where Luxana Troy describes how Betazoid women used to keep caged birds in their hair?
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No? Does that make me a dork?
YES! I was just thinking that. Of course, when Luxana mentioned it I thought of 18th century ladies hairstyles.
birdcages in wigs goes back to the 1700's in the court of Louis the 14th.
I definitely want to see this with chickens. Big, fluffy silkie chickens.
welll,they already do weasels in trousers... a cock fight?
There was a great line by Terry Pratchett in one of his novels: "There have, in the course of decadent history, been many large wigs, often with build-in gewgaws to stop people having to look at boring hair all the time. There had been ones big enough to contain pet mice or clockwork ornaments. Mme Cupidor, mistress of Mad King Soup II, had one with a bird cage in it, but on special state occasions wore one containing a perpetual calendar, a floral clock and a take-away linguini shop."
Let's see PsychoGirlfriend top that.
Some interesting artwork, very cool.
And a nice unicorn chaser (with glitter!) on their chicken page. Keep clicking the link.
-> TAKUAN
Stay posted on this, chickens are a real possibility, perhaps even this weekend at Art Walk @ the Brewery in LA. (disclosure I know the artist and there have been rumors/drunken discussions about chickens and the dress.)
well, I certainly hope they are layers with comfortable boxes. Though fancy tailed Japanese poultry would be nice. Or slow crowers?
I'd go with tiny little birds. And Jane Fonda.
But Antinous, that is far too poetic a way to die.
Am I really the first person to think a "A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush." was fitting?
And now witness the power of this fully functional and operational bird cage dress.