My recent works include “up-cycled” taxidermy, as well as roadkill animals that I have skinned, tanned, and oiled myself.

I persuade onlookers to stare once—alive creatures in the face with original compositions, bold textures, and material variety. My work is never limited, including mediums of taxidermy, faux fur, clay, glass, fountain features, sticks and cured flowers, epoxy resin, hand-felted wool, hand-beading, crochet, and just as I use animal skins, I have included my very own flesh (artist’s desquamation).

The very first animal I taxidermied was found at the side of I-77. Rather than leaving it to the highway, I made a decision that would concrete my affiliation with “Vulture Culture.” While some folks may despise it, or feel this process is vulgar, my connection to nature and natural life has never been closer as to when I started researching taxidermy. My pieces preserve naturally-deceased wildlife, giving them value through memory and education.
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While my works provided are in the fine arts department, my poetry and short stories have also been published. Literature and audible poetry can be found on the Instagram page, @isabella.speaksit, as well as in the 2021 Gilbert Chapel Poetry Series.