A knitted anatomy lesson by Shanell Papp 

Papp on the project:

To make the work, I borrowed a human skeleton from the university and collected anatomical textbooks. I also managed to track down a mortuary gurney for displaying the work–a mortuary gave me a gurney after a renovation…they were looking to get rid of it since “people are were getting too fat for the gurney.” I also worked in an old hospital turned history museum. I also went to open house day at a local funeral…they gave me a decorative pen. During my graduate studies, I was granted open access to the gross anatomy lab, though I was long finished making LAB/skeleton at this point. I was given access to draw, look around…. It is always funny how specimens are collected and cared for.

Prim and Plush molecules. Click on the images to identify these adorable little guys. 

Transcending the Material by Ben Cuevas is a continuation of his interest in ”reflect[ing] on the condition of embodiment, which begs the question: what does it mean to have a body, to inhabit a body, to be a body incarnated in, and interacting with, this world?” In this particular installation housed in Wassaic, New York he uses cans of condensed milk as a reference to material culture and Wassaic’s local history (The Borden Company had a factory in Wassaic). It is also some of the most impressive knitting I’ve ever seen.

Emily Stoneking’s aKNITomy takes educational toys to a whole new level