Fiona Long Art

(May offend!) Primitive Book

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

What would the earliest book have been? OK it probably didn’t come until the printing press but it is possible that cave men would do “pages” of “cave” paintings on skins of their prey to communicate stories of the hunt to each other. We wouldn’t know if they had as they would have disintegrated by now so I decided to recreate what may have been…….

I believe that meat eaters should be aware of where their food comes from and the processes it went through before it got to the supermarket shelf all neatly wrapped in plastic, not looking like an animal at all. If people can’t handle the realities of meat eating then perhaps they shouldn’t be eating it at all. These animals had a happy life in the wild, a quick death and were entirely utilised. Their skins and meat were not wasted. I have even used their skulls and legs. Admittedly I haven’t used these parts for survival tools but at least they weren’t just thrown away as they would have been (including the skins). I thanked the rabbits before I skinned them and they fed my family for more than two meals.


If you would like to see the process photos then click here but please be aware that there are some graphic scenes of rabbit skinning and preparation which may cause offence!