FERALIA_X

Multimedia Artist / Creative Director / Local Cryptid NYC/PDX/AK

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Asclepius #1, FERALIA_X, 2023, snake vertebrae, upcycled metal, bronze, steel, bone. [OC] Available on my etsy.

[feralia-x]

[feralia-x]

Feralia_x emerged from the hinterlands of alaska, half feral and covered in brambles, with naught but a dream and a backpack of bones (this is not, gentle reader, a metaphor, but a very real telling of events, mostly owing to a robbery and series of postal service mishaps).

Destined for—well, not greatness, but perhaps strangeness, Feralia began their travels across the lower 48s, collecting various detritus along the way and fashioning it into meticulously crafted works of art, which they describe as a series of “sentimental memento mori’s—tiny monuments to the ephemeros”

more a comedy of errors than a victory march, feralia’s arrival in NYC preceded the pandemic by a matter of months, forcing them to grapple with limitation (both social and economic) the best way they knew how—by converting raw, frantic energy into tangible works of art.

There are many wares on display—most made of organic material, animal bone, and found objects—but perhaps most endearing of all is feralia themself. Once described as “a quick and scrappy skeleton armed with a magical backpack and an arsenal of useful skills”, Feralia does not disappoint (or, if they do, it’s at least funny to watch).