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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. Still in original shrinkwrap. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> There are 70000 Instagram followers who go crazy for Annie Montgomerie’s ‘beautiful’ ‘amazing’ ‘awesome” dirty-kneed filthy-sleeved sculpted animals dressed in stitched-together vintage finds — and those are just the ones who are already following her and selling out her every gallery show. With the release of The Art of Annie Montgomerie: Flocked and Socked the first book dedicated to her work these fans now have a way to share their obsession with their fellow collectors and something they can actually buy that hasn’t already been sold out from under them. U.K.-based mixed-media artist Annie Montgomerie creates individual and unique sculptures from ‘upcycled’ children’s dolls bits of velvet and leather vintage buttons and charms whatever she can find that speaks to her love of styles from horror to twee. The result is a world of animals that sits somewhere between Frankenstein and Peter Rabbit. ‘I don’t mind admirers of my work saying it’s cute but I hope my art has more to say. I like to skirt around the outside of dark with a hint of sorrow or regret that goes with the passing of time’ she says. Vice described her work as ‘Hovering between pop culture and fine art … off-kilter and weird in the same way cats are.’ Those tens of thousands of social-media followers are more to-the-point with comments like ‘gorgeous’ ‘magnificent’ and ‘They are all so cuuuute]]]’ And just as her every gallery show sells out we expect this book to sell out. (MP)