Sarina
Sarina Brewer
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They didn't break the mold – there never was one.
Female
38 years old
Minneapolis, Minnesota
United States
Last Login: 11/30/2009
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Sarina's Interests
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| General | Natural history; zoology, deep sea oceanography, paleontology, comparative anatomy osteology,
forensic pathology, anthropology, cave paintings and the evolution of art, prehistoric funerary practices, shrines, mourning photography, memento mori, Victorian taxidermy, wunderkammers/cabinets of curiosities, pickled biological specimens, antique surgical instruments, old medical illustrations, anatomical models, 15th & 16th century zoological engravings, mythology, cryptozoology, teratology, circus sideshow history, Art Deco architecture, vintage clothing, cowboy boots, mohair sweaters, old toys, campy Elvis memorabilia, black velvet matador paintings, lowbrow art, outsider art, kitsch religious iconography, Day of the Dead paraphernalia, tiki gear, things made of bamboo, zebra hide rugs, atomic era furniture and retro décor
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| Pastimes |
Taste testing vodkas, discussing the devolution of mankind and the rapidly approaching end of the world while taste testing vodkas, lounging in men's boxers while watching Desperate Housewives and eating intentionally stale popcorn, watching other people cook, talking about when I'm going to take up the bagpipes and bee keeping, making glass sculptures out of wine bottles in my chimenea, poser scuba diving, duplicating Joan Crawford hairstyles, camping in the backyard, badminton, mid-winter BBQ's, pretending I still garden, petting-zoos, blacklight bowling, art museums, flea markets, kites, cloud watching, bird watching, people watching, star gazing, beach combing, saddling up, cliff diving, road trips and accompanying roadside attractions, BWCA, potty humor, late night phonetic Scrabble, my art, my dog, my birds, mastering HTML courtesy of MySpace, dressing up, dressing down, wigs, Canadian Mounties, eye patches, falconers, Paris in the springtime, Amsterdam in the fall
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| Things that keep me alive |
Green tea, garlic, carrot juice, 3 buck Chuck, regular reality checks
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| Favorite inventions other than the internet |
Biore strips, alka-seltzer, self cleaning ovens,
the stapler, caller ID (not necessarily in that order)
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| | Music |
INTO: alternative, new wave, ambient, classical, classic R&B, classic country western, blue grass, zydeco, lounge/cocktail/exotica
FAVES: The Latin Playboys, Buena Vista Social Club, Erinio Merricone, Peter Gabriel, Leonard Cohen, Daniel Lanois, Beatles, Neil diamond, Tom Jones, Zeppelin, Suburbs, Peter Murphy, Buzzcocks, Butthole Surfers, The The, PIL, KLF, Iggy, The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, Mazzy Star, Saint Etienne, Brian Eno, Flaming lips, Moby, Lemon Jelly, Novastar, Groove Armada, GoldFrapp, Cold play, Fleet Foxes, Snow Patrol, Outkast, Gorillaz, Black Eyed Peas, Franz Ferdinand, Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass, Tex Ritter, Esquivel, Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Wagner, Bizet, Puccini, Rossini, Royal Scots Guard Bagpipe Brigade, Gregorian chant as sung by real monks. Anything with a theremin.
FAVE SOUND TRACKS: Brother Where Art Thou, Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me, Train Spotting, Orlando, Pulp Fiction, Mystery Train
ALL TIME FAVE SONG: (... get the kleenex ) The Streets of Laredo.
OVER MY DEAD BODY:
contemporary country, top ten pop, speed metal, death metal, acid jazz, 99.9% of all rap and Celine Dion
_________________________________________________ | | Movies | Cannery Row, Birdy, The Year of Living Dangerously, The Great Santini, Harold and Maude, Midnight Cowboy, Little Big Man, The Shining, Silence of the Lambs, For a Few Dollars More, Goldfinger, Start the Revolution Without Me, Young Frankenstein, The Jerk, Sleeper, Bananas, Watership Down, Big Fish, The Elephant Man, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Papillon, The World According to Garp, Pulp Fiction, The Blues Brothers, Blade Runner, Clockwork Orange, Gorky Park, Brave Heart, Blue Velvet,
Edward Scissor Hands, Train Spotting, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Wayne’s world,
Animation Festivals
_________________________________________________ | | Television | It would appear the popular response is
"I don't watch TV it rots your brain"
....so does MySpace, get over yourself
PBS/Discovery/History/Surgery Channels, Nat Geo, Nova, Independent Lens, Blue Planet, In Search Of, X-files, Cities of the Underworld, Twin peaks, The Thornbirds, Sponge Bob, Ren and Stimpy, Ballroom dancing, Desperate Housewives, Reno 911, Bullshit!, Scrubs, Monty Python, John Stewart, Chapelle Show, It's always Sunny in Philadelphia, Boston Legal, Nip/Tuck, South Park, 60 minutes, SCTV, Kids in the Hall, the Smurfs
_________________________________________________ | | Books | Death to Dust, Through Nature to Eternity, The Lost Twin Cities, Roadside America, Worst Case Scenario Handbook, Prisoners’ Inventions, Medical Curiosities, New York Noir, Old Time Punishments, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Research: Modern Primitives, Mickey in the Night Kitchen, Horton Hears a Who, The Anatomical Drawings of Leonardo DiVinci, The Doomsday Book of Animals, The Photo Vision of Joel-Peter Witkin, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Giving Tree, Guinness Book of World Records, My Secret Garden, Audubon Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Wump World, Where Did I Come From.
_________________________________________________ | | Heroes | Ladies first: Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, Margaret Murie, Diane Fossey, Jane Goodall, Oprah, the numerous leaders in the womans suffrage movement, my gramma, Hillary Clinton, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Julia Child,
Mrs. Robinson.
For the boys: Stephen Hawking, Sir David Attenborough, anatomists Honore Fragonard and Frederik Ruysch, Ansel Adams, Jacques Cousteau, Richard Proenneke, Steve Erwin, Benjamin Franklin, rogue taxidermy pioneer Walter Potter, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., last but certainly not least every woman's hero Professor Alfred Kinsey
And never to be overlooked; teachers, paramedics, firemen, cops (it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it), our troops (or they're being forced to do it)
honorable mention to Mr. Potato Head, Mr. Bill, and
Mr. Coffee
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| Ick |
Musicals, sunglasses after dark, mullets, anything camouflage, the Outdoor Living Network (a.k.a the hunting channel), chaw, ESPN, bible bangers, polo shirts, eye boogers, sticky crack corn, musicals, Parliament lights, designer clothing on small dogs, wine snobs, beer snobs, food snobs, snob-snobs, "reality" TV, superfluous use of the term "old school", superfluous use of superfluous words such as "superfluous", musicals, people that take themselves too seriously, Hummers (...the car), Paris Hilton
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| Links of the week
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www.hubblesite.org
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| Today's quote |
"Baby steps are better than a baby with no legs"
Sarina Brewer 2006
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lowbrow lifestyle, forensic art and forensics, Minnesota Birding, Steampunk
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Sarina's Details
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| Status: | Swinger | | Here for: | Networking | | Hometown: | Minneapolis | | Religion: | Agnostic | | Zodiac Sign: | Sagittarius | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | artist / naturalist |
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Sarina's Companies
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THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF ROGUE TAXIDERMISTS ( M.A.R.T. )
Minneapolis, Minnesota US
co-founder
www.RogueTaxidermy.com
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Established October 2004
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CUSTOM CREATURE STUDIO / CUSTOM CREATURE TAXIDERMY
Minneapolis, Minnesota US
CEO
www.CustomCreatureTaxidermy.com
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1997 - present
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Ebay seller ID "CUSTOM_CREATURE"
900+ transactions, US
100% positive feedback rating
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member since 1999
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About me:
Artist, naturalist, and.....
Rogue Taxidermy Diva
A hopeless science nerd who went to art school and whose parents think missed her calling in veterinary medicine. My childhood preoccupation with cryptozoology and anomalies of nature now manifest themselves in everything I create. In my formative years I worked predominantly with oil paint and found objects which often included mummified animal remains. These early works were shrines to the animals they incorporated, creating final resting places for them just like the dead sparrows and pet goldfish who were lavished with elaborate funerals upon their passing during my childhood. The process of preparing animal remains for use in my sculpture and abstract paintings slowly evolved into taxidermy over the years.
Minnesota Taxidermy Guild competition 2004
In addition to holding a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, I'm now a licensed taxidermist who is engaged in natural history related projects for educational institutions. I volunteer my time in the biology department of the Science Museum of Minnesota cleaning skeletons and preparing their study skins which are used for research purposes by the museum and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Head of the biology department, Dick Oehlenschlager, and myself preparing for the 2007 "members behind the scenes" open-house at the Science Museum of Minnesota
I'm a strong proponent of wildlife conservation who also participates in wildlife rescue and rehabilitation in my spare time. None of the animals used in my work were killed for the purpose of using them in my art. All animal components are recycled. I utilize salvaged roadkill and discarded livestock, as well as the many animals that are donated to me. Donated animals are often casualties of the pet trade, destroyed nuisance animals/pests, or animals that died of natural causes. I adhere to a very strict "waste not, want not" policy in my studio - I recycle virtually every part of the animal in some manner.
"Got milk?" Little Rocky – one of the rescue/rehab babies
I have a deep respect and appreciation for animals and the natural world. I'm fascinated with the circle of life and intrigued with how different cultures honor their dead and deal with death. Immortalizing loved ones ( be they animals or humans ) by preserving their remains or creating sentimental remembrances out of their body parts does not sit well with the majority of western society and is unfathomable to the average thinker, yet such practices have been the norm in many cultures throughout history and still are. Undoubtedly the average American thinks such abhorrent practices are only carried out by "savages" in primitive cultures, however these practices exist in this day and age in the "civilized" world, a well known example being the mummified body parts of saints on display in Catholic Churches around the world. Point being, reverence is relative.
"Ascension" 1992: Oil paint, canvas, silver-leaf, pigeon mummy
I deal with death, in what is considered by most, an unconventional manner. I do not view a dead animal as disgusting or offensive. I think that all creatures are beautiful in death as well as in life, beautiful on the outside as well as on the inside. I pay homage to them by reincarnating them in my work, creating life where before there was only death.
"Jitterbug" 2001
By incorporating my past formal art education with my passion for biology and the bizarre I have carved out a unique niche for myself in the art world. My work has been featured in numerous publications here and abroad. Some of the most notable being The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Fortune Small Business, Juxtapoz, Maxim, Bust, FHM and Bizarre magazine.
"Goth Griffin" 2004, As featured in The New York Times
I now specialize in creating fictional composite-animal mounts and sideshow gaffs. I cater to everyone from sideshow exhibitors and tattoo shop proprietors, to discerning collectors of fine art. My work resides in prestigious collections around the world, including Oceanopolis Cultural Center in Brittany France and the Genva Museum of Natural History in Switzerland. Some people call what I do sick, some call it eccentric. Some call it repulsive, some call it beautiful. You can call it whatever you want... I call it art.
www.CustomCreatureTaxidermy.com
At home among my beloved pets
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The Rogue Taxidermy Guild
The Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists (M.A.R.T) is an artist collective of individuals who share a common philosophy and passion. The group was formed in 2004 with fellow artists and visionaries Robert Marbury and Scott Bibus, hence spearheading what has become a Rogue Taxidermy movement as the term "Rogue Taxidermy" was introduced for the first time. The group was created as a means to connect with other artists working in taxidermy related mediums and has since proven to be an invaluable resource for networking with others working in this realm. All members adhere to a strict ethics charter, using only animals procured in an ethical and environmentally responsible manner. Our mission is to bring like-minded artists together from here and abroad to unite under the genre Rogue Taxidermy, and in doing so, gain recognition for this genre in the mainstream art world. But most importantly M.A.R.T. is in existence to create dialogue, evoke thought, educate, and expand people's horizons. We are here to exchange ideas with not only other artists, but anyone who is interested in this art form. We invite you to join us
Please visit www.RogueTaxidermy.com
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Who I'd like to meet:
People who believe animals have souls and the Republican Party doesn't
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Who I don't want to meet: |
Bands, underwear models, babies/pets/puppets with their own MySpace page, blog pushers, people that own more shoes than books
MY COMMENT BOX IS NOT A PUBLIC SPACE FOR ADVERTISING. COMMENTS OF THIS NATURE WILL BE REMOVED AND ABUSERS REMOVED FROM FRIEND LIST
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I spend most of my day slaving in the studio so unfortunately I don't have much time to return MySpace messages. My apologies for my painfully slow replies but biz has to come first. I need to keep business related emails separate from MySpace, so since we can't forward MySpace messages out of the system, please contact me via my business email info@CustomCreatureTaxidermy.com if you're interested in purchasing anything off my website. Because of looming deadlines I can only allot a very small amount of time for email correspondence. So depending on your query, it may be my business manager rather than myself that will get back to you.
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Ebay seller ID "Custom_Creature"
Etsy shop name "CustomCreature"
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