Studio Visit

 
Watch 3 minute doc HERE
 Urban Outfitters were traipsing round the country looking for interesting content so I let them in my studio/workshop.  They were privi to some wonders of the natural world ...and what fell out of my mouth.  I always get nervous with strangers who come out the blue because you're never sure how much you can say or whats appropriate to reveal in case they think your a nut job or something. Obviously I'm completely normal but I still worry I will go too far and this farness will be used out of context and against me. This didn't happened and I appear to be a nice, well rounded individual who happens to make art out of dead things.
And performance- did you know I had a live taxidermy show coming up? Full details can be found on the blog and here:
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Love from
Charlie Tuesday Gates
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