Kaylin Gauthier | Turning Nature’s Strangest Things into Something Beautiful

Barber, artist, and bug lady Kaylin Gauthier (River City Oddities) joins us to talk about how she builds her intricate dioramas using ethical insect sourcing, antique glass, and locally foraged materials. She’s also a barber at Anderson’s Classic Barbershop in Alton, which somehow leads to stories about a monkey’s haircut and why exotic animals should absolutely not be in salons. We also get into the founding of Bluff City Bazaar, remembrance jewelry, mushroom foraging, driftwood baking, and the strange and supportive world of oddities artists. Also, Cory eats dog ashes.This one goes everywhere, but at its core, it’s about creativity, community, and carving out space for weird art in Southern Illinois.Find Kaylin’s work at Bluff City Bazaar (Alton), Grafton Art Gallery, Grumpy Grizzly (Grafton), Mother Murphy’s (Normal, IL), It’s Raining Zen (Alton), and lots of pop-ups at vendor markets.Click here for the full version on YouTube.---For more information:https://www.facebook.com/river.city.odditieshttps://www.instagram.com/river.city.odditieshttps://www.andersonsclassicbarbershop.comhttps://www.instagram.com/andersonsclassichttps://www.facebook.com/andersonsclassicaltonhttps://www.facebook.com/andersonsonstate---Mentioned in this episode:https://www.facebook.com/bluffcitybazaar https://www.facebook.com/hypeoftype https://www.facebook.com/growcreateinspire https://www.facebook.com/radcliffsradthriftshttps://www.facebook.com/ShakeRagStudiohttps://www.youtube.com/@HamiltonMorrishttps://www.youtube.com/@grant_harting https://www.facebook.com/audubonriverlands https://www.facebook.com/miltonschoolhousephoto credit to https://www.facebook.com/helloimtoriii ---https://ko-fi.com/sunkenpresshttps://sunkenpress.threadless.comhttps://sunkenpresspodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/sunkenpresspodcasthttps://www.youtube.com/@sunkenpresspodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/sunkenpress This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sunkenpress.substack.com