Highly-strung roadkill on display

Mappe Mundi features two mallard ducklings sewn together

Adam Morrigan from Gloucestershire has made headlines around the world and is bringing his controversial work home to Stroud.

The Horsley artist collects roadkill and uses it to produce his pieces, the most famous being valued at £1m.

Mappe Mundi features two mallard ducklings sewn together and stretched in a frame, depicting a Medieval map of the world.

"The piece is about recognising life as beautiful, precious and easily disregarded," says Adam.

Adam collects roadkill from around his home and then determines if the carcass is in a good enough condition to be used.

Suitable specimens are then skinned and traditionally preserved. After the process is complete, it is stretched and hung in a canvas.

Another of Adam's pieces, entitled Absolution and Redemption, features a dead hare and a fox held in a frame made out of man-made fibre.

Mappe Mundi, and a selection of Adam's other work, will be on display at the Cotswold Craftsmen Gallery, Nailsworth, from Thursday, 6 August to Tuesday, 18 August 2009.