The Strange Story of False Teeth

A nice book for bedtimes this week . . . PhotobucketOk, so I haven't been reading it much - just dipping in and mostly looking at the pictures.PhotobucketSeems false teeth have been around longer than you'd imagine.Photobucketand would often have been made of ivory - poor elephants.PhotobucketPhotobucketThe pictures make me think of that Sweet Toof who's got stuff all over East London . . . because it's pictures of teeth I guess but have a look at the website anyway: I found it interesting.PhotobucketThe illustrations below are my favourite, they're quite hauntingly beautiful in their regularity and the composition is incredible.PhotobucketBut the picture I keep coming back to is this one of a man putting his hand in a young boys mouth, I think it's funny because he doesn't look much like a dentist and putting your hand in someones mouth is such an odd thing to do - so invasive and personal but also ridiculous.PhotobucketYour homework this week is to put your hand in a friends mouth - report back here. Good.

5 comments:

  1. might get me some of those for halloween... awesome...

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  2. They are a touch haloweeny, I dont know what it is about teeth, they're fascinating and repulsive. I'm just about to dip into the chapter where we find out if Washington had wooden teeth or not.

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  3. My dog growled at me and my hubby reported me crazy. But my middle girl wears braces nowadays and I got in and out without problems :). You know the braces the yong Willy WOnka wears in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? My girl!

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