Maria Vasylieva

Congratulations, we survived the winter

Skinning pythons in Kolín 🚨🐍 The Snakes died naturally in a breeding facility

Rayliquary, 2025 Resin, polymers, acrylics, found objects

ENG The hare embryos are back at my house—cleaned of dust and hidden from the public. I’ve made 6 unique molds, each taken from real hare embryos found on Czech roads. Using these, I will cast a total of 400 embryos—representing the estimated number of hares killed on Czech roads every single day (based on the yearly toll of 144,000). Each cast will be individually numbered and come with a certificate of authenticity. 15% of all sales will be donated to various wildlife rescue centers across the Czech Republic. Message me to order 🩶🐇 CZ Zaječí embrya jsou zpět u mě doma — očištěná od prachu a skrytá před veřejností. Vytvořila jsem 6 unikátních forem, každou podle skutečných zaječích embryí nalezených na českých silnicích. Pomocí těchto forem odliji celkem 400 kusů — což odpovídá odhadovanému počtu zajíců, kteří každý den hynou na českých silnicích (podle ročního počtu 144 000). Každý odlitek bude očíslovaný a doplněný o certifikát pravosti. 15 % z prodeje poputuje na podporu záchranných stanic pro volně žijící živočichy v České republice. Napište mi, pokud si chcete objednat 🩶🐇

“It is so intensely cold as to extinguish fire by its contact, in the same way that ice does.” (Pliny the Elder, Natural history)

“Native species”, klauzura 2025. Death casts in resin, acrylics, pastels *** Domestic Exotic Pet I wanted to use these three terms to write about my work. Slowly, I realized how none of them satisfied me enough. They seemed inaccurate. Dated. Perhaps a few centuries ago, these terms would’ve made more sense. Before invasive species were introduced to every continent (so far, there are 11 known invasive species in Antarctica). Before they bred “banana blizzard” and “carrot head” morphs of the leopard gecko. Before the list of partially domesticated animals included species most people have never heard of… *** To read the full text download the calendar by scanning qr code from the last slide 🐢🐢🐢

My home lab postcards were thoroughly decontaminated and are now available at my website 🪣🧽🚿 Pack includes 6 postcards and 3 random stickers from the previous post ✨

🚨My home lab files leaked to the PowerPrint 📓🩻🧪 They’re gonna make them into postcards and sell on my website, what a mad world we are living in 🚑

Hare embryos my friends collected for me🤍

The making of dwarf caiman. Painted and unpainted casts are available. Link in bio! 🐊

Hunting Ukrainian chupacabra 🦘

My first dual specimen. I’ve never seen anyone combining fixed and diaphonized specimens together, so had to develop my own recipe 👩🏻‍🍳🤌🏻🪱🐍 *** Diaphonized corn snake and fixed milk snake 🌽🍼 Both snakes died at the breeding facilities.