You always knew it would happen…

9 01 2010

…but it feels like it’s come too soon.

There’s that first day when you come home with your brand new camera. It’s shiny, tiny — a pure pixelated joy. Despite its newness to the world, it takes fabulously detailed photos every time it blinks. It’s your little wonder. But then, six years later (eighty in camera years), its eye begin to fail. You see a water gloss over the lens, a scratch, and suddenly its focus is not where you want it to be. Batteries barely make it smile anymore. It’s the twilight years for my camera, but I’ll be with it to the end, so please bear with me if a few shots are not crystal clear. I just have a hard time letting go.





Vandalist (Geese)

7 08 2009

Torontoist posted fantastic photos of geese in our midst.

(Thanks, KP.)





Where There’s City, There’s Effigies

26 07 2009

Long story short: My relationship with my computer and camera are over. It was ugly. I really don’t want to talk about it. Yes, their doing fine. Yes, I’m fine.

Hey–is that an iguana in your purse?

Great, now that we’ve changed the subject, don’t think that my technology break-up means that I haven’t been tracking down the furred and feathered.

This is the summer of Twitter for Animal Effigy. Come on city safari with me as I track urban animal effigies in real time.

www.twitter.com/animaleffigy





Animal Minus the Effigy: Let’s Repopulate

7 07 2009

At Animal Effigy, I take photos of the animals we’ve recreated in plastic, glass, and wood form. But it’s not the effigies that need saving. It’s everything else. Take some time to learn about your world–our world–and make a donation or effort to save an endangered species.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada
Robert Stewart’s Saving Sharks
Friends of Cocos Island
Valhalla Wilderness Society
Shark Alliance





AE, The Return

6 05 2009

Animal Effigy will return to a new schedule this weekend.

I’ve been everywhere from Ossington to Yonge (yes, the whole wide world) and have lots of new photos.





Les Animaux…

18 02 2009

…will return soon. They are preening. And by that I mean I’m having computer issues. More, soon, soon.

Dani Couture
Senior Effigist.





Happy Holiday (Effigies)

25 12 2008

Happy holidays! Animal Effigy will return in the new year with a host of holiday effigies taken over the next week.

Health and happiness to you and yours,

Dani Couture





Plastic Ducks & Co. Soon Returning to a Blog Near You

10 12 2008

Due to technical difficulties, AE will resume posting in a couple of days.

Yours in neon lobsters and plush sturgeon,

Dani





Survival of the Effigy(est) – Final Round – Canadian Blog Awards

2 12 2008

Allo urban and rural dwellers,

Animal Effigy has survived the first round of voting for the Canadian Blog Awards. (Thank you!)

The final round and week of voting for CBA is this week! Love a cement goldfish or plastic lobster today by voting one more time for Animal Effigy:

http://cdnba.wordpress.com/vote-2008/best-photoart-blog/
(Best Photo/Art Blog)

As always, many (many) thanks,

Dani
Animal Effigist and ceramic duck owner





Canada Blog Awards

25 11 2008

Animal Effigy is nominated in first round of the Canada Blog Awards, Best Photo/Art Blog.

You can vote here!

I mean, if you want to.

The concrete and neon animals thank you.

Dani