Buller’s Assistant

2013
Super Sculpey, Acrylic paint, soft body construction.

Buller the famous Ornithologist had an adversary – Richard Treacy Henry, who luckily had some different ideas regarding ecology. Buller was fascinated by the ecology of New Zealand, but in true Victorian style, he was more interested in preserving species through taxidermy. Luckily Richard Treacy Henry had other ideas, and successfully established the worlds first offshore reserve on Resolution Island in the south of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Private Collection