Not Yeti Friday - Althin's Felix

There's a great art piece that recently hit the world and is generating buzz. It's a giant sculpture by artist Eric Althin and puppet/creature maker Tamara Marke-Lares. Exhibiting at Bold Hype gallery in Orlando Florida, it's called Felix.



Hi-Fructose Magazine took many pictures, shared the original sketch, and interviewed Althin. He had this to say:

"As far as what he is... a lot of people are calling him a yeti, but that's not quite accurate. I'd imagine Yetis to be related to apes in some way, where as Felix's evolutionary ladder would reveal his closest relative to be the polar bear."

I don't want to argue that Felix is a yeti (that's entirely up to Althin), but I can't help take issue with the idea that it is inaccurate to say he looks like one. I've looked at thousands and thousands of yeti depictions over the years, and I can state unequivocally that... Dude Look Like a Yeti. The popular culture has been making yeti more ablobinable over the years. Most images of him these days show him as a white blob with eyes. He's basically a Halloween ghost with broad shoulders and claws.

Anyway, I love the sculpture, yeti or not. Rock on, Althin.

Link to Hi-Fructose article via Superpunch and the man with plan Spencer M.