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Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>My mandriltee for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MerMay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MerMay</span></a>! Some believe that the mandriltee is imaginary. Who am I to say?</p><p>Though it appears to be rotund, short-armed mermaid with strange facial markings, the mandriltee is neither fish nor primate and certainly not the composite creature of myth. Their name, however, is inspired by their unlikely ressemblance to the mandrill, and they are of the order Sirenia (which 🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/washi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>washi</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mandrill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mandrill</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/manatee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manatee</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mermaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mermaid</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/imaginary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imaginary</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/compositeCreature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compositeCreature</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>As we approach the Year of the Snake, has me thinking back to this print.</p><p>Some believe that the chrysanthemum snake is imaginary. Who am I to say?⁠<br>⁠<br>While other snakes are known to use scale roughness to aid in camouflage, give a bristly appearance, to produce “eyelash” fringes or even tentacles on their snouts, the cryptic chrysanthemum snake (also known as the daisy snake) is the only known snake with 🧵<br>⁠<br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/imaginary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imaginary</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/compositeCreature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compositeCreature</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snake</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/YearOfTheSnake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YearOfTheSnake</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p>For when it’s <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caturday</span></a> during <a href="https://historians.social/tags/AmphibianWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmphibianWeek</span></a>…<br>Vessel with Toad/Feline<br>Moche culture, Peru<br>Early Intermediate Period, 1-650 CE<br>Ceramic, 7 1/4 x 4 x 5 1/4 in. (18.4 x 10.2 x 13.3 cm)<br>Michael C. Carlos Museum 1989.008.061 <a href="https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/16182/vessel-with-toadfeline?ctx=f38075598fbf6644b7ad1726cf5c0d139758feee&amp;idx=1#" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">collections.carlos.emory.edu/o</span><span class="invisible">bjects/16182/vessel-with-toadfeline?ctx=f38075598fbf6644b7ad1726cf5c0d139758feee&amp;idx=1#</span></a><br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CompositeCreature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CompositeCreature</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>I have an ongoing series of imaginary animals I invent but sometimes I print other people’s visions of <a href="https://spore.social/tags/imaginary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imaginary</span></a> animals too.</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/compositeCreature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compositeCreature</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/snailCat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snailCat</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/snailShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snailShell</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cat</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p><p>These cats are inspired by a friend's dream:<br>"Years ago I had a dream about Swedish snailcats, that live along the rocky coast of northern Sweden. Their fronts are marmalade cats, and their backs are snailshells.</p><p>1/2</p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Some believe that the hammerhead hedgehorse is imaginary. Who am I to say?⁠<br>⁠<br>Though it appears to be an extraordinarily tall hedgehog, with hoof-like feet and uncanny peripheral vision, the hammerhead hedgehorse is not closely related to the hedgehog. Its nearest neighbour, genetically speaking, is the pygmy hippo. They may appear to have horse-like hooves, but…<br>⁠<br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/compositeCreature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compositeCreature</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/hedgehog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hedgehog</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/horse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horse</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/hammerhead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hammerhead</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/imaginary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imaginary</span></a></p>
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