The Furmidable Pelt collection explores a fresh perspective on the relationship between the artificial and the natural, between humans and their constructs, and the organic environment that surrounds them. The collection is a graphic showcase of the irony of the canine-human relationship, a millennia-long attempt to domesticate animals and transform them from living soul to consumer product. A result of comparative research on the multifaceted properties of dog fur, these pelts were handcrafted from the specific hairs of common and familiar breeds of dog. Each is shaped in the form of a hide, a clear reference to game animals hunted for sport, or even products found on shelves at retail stores. They exist in a space between the uncanny familiarity of their origins and their present, awkward otherness. Questioning the boundaries that separate artifice from nature, these pelts confront our relationship with the living and the reality of our instrumentalised, industrialised environment, where certain animals exist to serve no other purpose than our pleasure or convenience. The collection utilises clipped dog hairs, a by-product of a potential circular economy, as an abundant and ethical alternative to the often-harmful fur industry. This body of work is symbolic of the modern-day culture of dog breeding and grooming, in which animals are carefully selected for physical characteristics, at times at the expense of their quality of life. A vision of a time where transgenic experiments flourish and human evolution gives way to genetic engineering and DNA splicing, the Furmidable Pelt collection explores disparate possibilities of unexpected patterns. Straddling the line between the real and surreal, these pelts are deliberately discursive objects, peeling back a curtain of cuteness to reveal the dark nature of artificial appeal.