there’s now a whole bunch of stuff available to grab in the ol’ webshop. there’s a good selection of testtube babies, severed heads, and also the testtube display racks crafted by my own grarled hands.

granted, there is nothing new here that veterans of the site havent seen before – but this is the last batch of most of these critters for a while as the majority of their moulds are now kaput (and i have no idea when I’ll get round to making new ones).  so if there’s something missing from your collection then now is probably the time to fill that void.

it would be nice to clear through a lot of this to give me funds to invest in new projects. so ive dropped the price a wee bit: £20 per testtube baby.

im also putting a free worldwide shipping code on the site for spends of £40 or over. the coupon code to use at checkout is “COME TO BUTTHEAD”, and you have to say it in Butthead’s voice while you type it or it doesnt count! ;P

chris z  x

all the usual suspects will be available again, like this guy….

these lil’ cutiepatooties…

and these chaps too…

gimme a week or so and they’ll be up for grabs!

A. a teeny tiny unicorn foetus’ severed head!

^^that’s wasn’t a joke, just a bit of factual information for you. well, i say ‘factual’ but infact it is quite subjective.. apparently no everyone thinks dismember unborn children are quite as adorable as i do. weird, huh?

anyways, the severed head of a foetal unicorn… [link]

sometimes that specimens i get into stock are just not a high enough quality to sell on the site, so i still endeavour to use the remains however i can. and while most of the tiny bodyparts make delicious crunchy snack – i do find skulls to be a little too hard to eat. so i snip the heads off the little blighters and put them in testtubes.

here are the craniums of some human and mermaid foetus specimens that i decapitated earlier.. [link]

as you can see, these specimens can be used purely for display, or they can be threaded onto chains to make delightful jewellery!

and so lastly, here is the ol’ king of the testtubes himself. the headless tyrant king! [link]

check them out and more complete specimens over at the webshop [here!]

the most complicated thin is the shipping  - which tbh, isn’t complicated at all. you pay a flat fee for shipping, and regardless of how many items you order, you dont pay any extra shipping charges. this shipping service is tracked & signed service.

also. as everything is currently priced at £22.50, it makes it easy for me to do an offer such as this…

3 x testtube babies for £60, plus FREE worldwide shipping is a damn good deal (you do the math!). follow this link for more details [link]

however, this offer will be ending at the end of the month (30 april 2015), so if you want to take advantage then do it soon!

chris z
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‘Jude’ [acrylic/metallic paint/gold leaf on 80x30 deep edge canvas]

This piece is about giving oneself fully to another – blindly giving trust – and being utterly vulnerable to betrayal.

There is also a nod towards Klimt’s piece ‘Judith & the Head of Holofernes’, which I used as inspiration towards the quite late in the creation of this painting as I felt there were to existing similarities in themes and composition.

Prints available on Society6 [link]

THE COLLECTOR [acrylic on 80x30cm canvas]

what to say about this piece…?

well, there an obvious initial shock value – one which makes most men pull a face which says, ouch!  but if you take the time to look further you’ll hopefully see there’s a deeper narrative at play..

for those who may be curious – the carving is a representation of the aztec goddess, Itzpapalotl.

the original canvas is for sale, at £250 plus shipping. give me a shout if you’re interested in purchase [hello!]. and if you’re interested in prints head over to society6 [link]

keep up to date with progress on new work over at my facebook page! [link]

i don’t like to get too arty or try to explain my work in depth, but i will go as far to say this one ‘explores themes of mental disintegration’.

and apparently the subject matter is not to everyone’s taste. i’m not sure what the problem is.. the maggots, the suicidal overtones, or the dismembered devil-foetus? i dunno really – some people just don’t like red.

available for sale in the shop [link].

i’ll make prints available soon, via society6 [link]

if you’re interested in owning this painting or want to tell me how offended you are by the imagery used, then please drop me a message here [link] or on facebook [link]
chris z

when i posted a previous painting [link], i wrote that it was a bit of a turning point. this particular painting sees me playing again with the themes of macabre imagery alongside vibrant colours.

it was quite a journey getting to this point too. i only had a vague idea of where i wanted it to go at the outset, and as i painted, and repainted, and repainted, it evolved and took on it’s own direction. it took around 6 weeks to get to this stage, and im not convinced it’s actually finished yet either!

i documented the creation process on my facebook page [link], with regular photos and comments regarding my feelings towards the piece. anyway, here it is in its current state!

‘the rainbow’s end

[acrylic on 1m x 0.5m canvas]

if we reverse engineer the ideas that, ‘Man is both descended from apes’ AND that ‘Man is made in God’s image’ – then i postulate that this is what the Creator may have looked like..

this scenario depicted in this painting is the moment when the Creator sacrifices his only Son – so that We may live. as the child’s heart explodes there is a big bang, whereupon all the love and star-stuff contained within erupts to spawn the universe. the end!

you can check out a few more progress shots on my facebook page [link]