Many Dead Things: The Art of Alex CF

Hello, my name is Alex, i am a professional "cryptozoological scientific assemblage artist" and illustrator, i made up this term to describe what i make - i create items and objects from a past that wasn't; to fashion the things i wish existed in forgotten attics or secret rooms...

This is the incipit of the About page in the web site of this marvellous and talented artist. Alex brings to life things that don't exist in this world but swarm in the mind of so many of us. Alex has the touch of the magician because he manufactures these horrific relics in way that make you feel a sense of uneasiness, a sensation which reminds me of what I felt by reading some Lovecraft's tales during certain cold fall's nights of my youth.
Up to now I haven't had any chance to admire one of Alex's creation but just by looking at the low res pictures on his web site one can undoubtedly perceive the imaginary power which streams from the objects. This effect is obtained because all of the care which is behind the creation, from the which is behind the bill of materials and the artistic study for the whole assembly.
Speaking of materials and style, the care for the details is magnificent, and produces images that remains vivid in the imagination of the observe.
Alex's creations stay at the crossroads of science and magic, in that space where reason and madness fight for the supremacy of the human mind.Indeed they and yet they're not just scattered pieces of rotting meat and worn out parchments; every piece of art has a story and it's part of a fictional world that distills from the sinister archetypes of old legends and pieces of literature.They're salvaged from exotic places, conjured from abyss of terror, excavated out of long forgotten lands, in the name of science by the aristocratic evolutionary biologist and cryptobiologist Lord Merrylin, or the exobiology department of Miskatonic university, Massachusetts.
Here's a few example as a treat of the artist's craft.

Plesiosaurus: specimen number 12 in the Merrylin cryptid collection

Expedition to the Plateau - Lost World Exploration Case

Severed "Draco Alatus" Head

Experiments in extra dimensions; The Cheshire cat

Alex's currently putting together a book illustrating his work, the characters and the story behind them.The book is titled "Many Dead Things" - the cryptozoological scientific art of Alex CF" and scheduled to be issued within 2009.
Alex's art is of course for sale and the artist states the pricing often varies from 800£ to 1000£ (about 1125$ to 1400$ and 860€ to 1100€) depending of the size and detail of the job.
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Note: All the pictures are copyright of Alex CF at http://alexcf.com/blog/