#Winnie Au

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It can be quite the sad sight: the family pet, recovering from surgery, having to wear that awkward cone on their neck to keep them from licking at their stitches.

They look miserable. They look silly.

But Winnie Au is hoping to flip the script with her new photo book, “Cone of Shame.”

In these portraits, dogs are wearing fashionable collars that they can be proud of.

“I wanted to take that post-surgery humiliation — that saddest moment for every pet — and twist it into something beautiful and majestic,” Au says in her book. “I wanted to take the shame out of the cone.”

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Au teamed up with designer Marie-Yan Morvan to come up with the cones in the book.

Their dog models are sporting one-of-a-kind collars made from all sorts of materials — and it’s not just different fabrics or fibers.

These cones also repurpose everyday household items such as drinking straws, makeup sponges, and those foam noodles that float in swimming pools.

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The “Cone of Shame” project was inspired by Au’s late corgi, Tartine, whom the book is dedicated to.

Au and her husband had Tartine for about a year and a half before the dog was diagnosed with throat cancer.

“We went through a long process of going to the hospital, doing chemotherapy, trying to save her, doing all this stuff that was very emotional and difficult,” Au recalled.

It was also expensive. Au and her husband had insurance to help cover the costs, but it made her wonder what it would be like for other pet owners who didn’t have thousands of dollars to take care of their pets.

So, she is dedicating a portion of the proceeds from her book and print sales to Animal Haven’s Recovery Road Fund, which provides specialized medical care and treatment for animals in urgent need.

“I wanted to give back and turn the pain I experienced from having lost my dog into something better,” she said.

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“Cone of Shame,” published by Union Square & Co., is now available.

A launch party will be held September 15 at the Sommwhere studio in New York City, and there will be a silent auction to help benefit Animal Haven’s Recover Road Fund.

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Locked out

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Absurd 'Cones of Shame' Celebrate Dogs In Glammed-Out Style

The “cone of shame” is a well known hilarity in dog owner’s lives. After surgery, dogs are made to don ridiculous plastic cones, to keep them from messing with their stitches.It makes dogs visibly embarrassed, and is generally just a goofy, necessary annoyance. Photographer Winnie Au has flipped this concept on its head, with a series that showcases ‘cones of shame’ that are glammed out, made…

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YEAHHH SPRITE TIME !!! really putting these out on a school night lmao

the seperate versions:

winnie ver:

augustine ver:

also if some of these of these sprites look similar to each other, no I didn’t wdym i just went with the first thing I drew and balled with it

[koifoxes]

me when the cold front is now hot back

[jeshoo-pon]

"... Shut up"

[katt-astrophiic]

The sigverse soul eater au no one asked for!! With cold front boys here first !!

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snufkin lays on the hardwood to soothe back pain while parsnip sees an opportunity to reap possessions off his soon to be late father

[bintencogs]

spinch’s loveliest cog 💚💜💚💜

[fangirltothefullest]

Finally the gang’s all here in the Hundred Acre Mindscape!

Roman is a Tigger, Logan is a Rabbit (but a plush one because I say so, which is why he has eyes like that and seams), Patton is a Kanga with a little froggy in his pouch (he deserves a pouch for his frog). These three go with the dark sides I did aaaages ago.

[winnie-daze]

Au where Betty didn't jump through the portal but lived the post apocalipsis with Simon and Marcy

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winnie pooh goldie

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WAHHHHHH I LOVE SWAP AUS I LIVE FOR THEM ALL FOREVER AND ALWAYS <333

honestly they’re all I’ve been thinking abt today rahhh these guys too silly for me…

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Slenderman loves all his kids EQUALLY, but he is admittedly biased when it comes to first meetings. he loves meeting other supernatural beings n stuff so when jack and his friends come knocking he welcomes them in with open.. tenticles

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Perks of being a marine biologist

[looney-mooney-studio]

Someone said something about any character, no matter the art style, feeling like it belongs in Amazing World of Gumball. So.

Yeah they ain’t lyin those guys really do feel like they go there

Actually, what if I…

Oh this is FUN