Form and Function

Two good examples of kidney art in my opinion. I've been holding on to these most of the semester until we got to the right chapter.
This is a milagro ("miracle") that can be worn as a healing offering to the saints by someone who has kidney problems. It's another Etsy find.

Can you guess what this is? Well, the urinary system, obviously. But it's wallpaper! Isn't that fantastic? My husband Matt found it via his blogroll on BoingBoing but it was originally covered by the LA Weekly blog and is the work of California artist Shannon Wright.

Here's a close-up of the kidney itself.