cabinet of curiosities
A medical point - keeping museum specimens is no good if they are not adequately catalogued and the catalogue is accessible. Otherwise the collection is a cabinet of curiosities.
Health or pyschology?
This situation can either be seen as a health or psychological issue. I believe the child used the toy as comfort 'zone' this is exemplified with our younger generation today.
Leaded gaming minitures
I remember when I was younger and I used to play with metal military miniatures.
Did Rimbaud know the experience of pica?
In "Fêtes de la faim", Rimbaud wrote
The Poison Ordeal: Revelation and Divination in Ndembu Ritual by Victor Turner
Victor Turner was an anthropologist who studied the Ndembu in Southern Africa.
A Gallery of Edible Cars
No wonder Pica exists....
Eating Molten Lead
Martial arts footage from Mount Dobong, South Korea - where a man eats molten lead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q40v8qeUJZQ
Russell Schermer's Ford Sunliner Replica
Russell Schermer has been totally blind since birth. He has been working with clay since he was a child. He creates his work with the same tools he uses to view the model—his fingers.
My friend has Argyria
This reminds of another metal/body story.
Electromagnetic Sensitivity
An artist colleague came in this evening and struck upon a new subject altogether. I was explaining the story of the object to her and while I was talking she was doing two things.