![]() ![]() ![]() Like Oscar Wilde’s antihero Dorian Gray, we may try to maintain beauty while we live, but our future lies as a potential grey corpse on the embalmer’s table. Too much pink chemical and the body looks like a salmon, too little and the body keeps the grey hue. That’s why embalmers add pinky/red-colored chemicals to the mix to give the body a “natural” appearance. Formaldehyde Grey results when the hemoglobin in your blood reacts with the embalming fluid and the body takes on a dull grey color. In its simplest form, formaldehyde is a color-less gas. Formaldehyde is highly reactive and readily combines with many chemical compounds, and under normal conditions, it is a gas. I will then do a write-up with a fun Ask a Morticianly-like fact.Īs a sample, I suggested Formaldehyde Grey as my word.įormaldehyde is a chemical commonly used in embalming a dead body. Formaldehyde has a pungent odor and is very soluble in water. Landis will take that word or phrase and draw an amusing drawing. To my delight, he has agreed to collaborate with the Order on a project called Deathly Doodles (insert unnecessarily dramatic music here).ĭeathly Doodles will involve ANY word or phrase relating to death as suggested by you the readers. Landis does a lot of very intricate pieces but he can also do quirky whimsy-driven pieces on the fly. Pink discoloration of the vitreous specimen is an indication that the vitreous humor has been contaminated with embalming fluid. A few weeks ago I featured the art of Landis Blair - see that entry here. ![]()
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