Art by Denni Lugli

March 9, 2005
JONNOBOT

As far as we're aware, Denni Lugli is the only artist we've ever featured on Fleshbot whose portfolio contains examples of oil painting, plaster sculpture, mixed media assemblage, three dimensional and Kirlian photography, and collage in works depicting nude models, BDSM and hardcore tableaus, and, er, a several things we're not exactly quite sure how to describe (though if anyone knows the proper clinical term for a fetish involving snail licking, please let us know*). We do know, however, that we've never come across anything quite like it before.

The Sex World of Lugli (Art of Love)
Denni Lugli (artist site @ giramondo.com)

*Update As if we needed more reasons why we love our readers so much, Will writes in with the following:

Last night had me scouring my dictionaries, trying to dredge up a term for cross-species, gastropodal relations that was _right_ at the tip of my mind. The Internet was little help, though it revealed many interesting tidbits about snail reproduction. (Yes, interesting. Run a Google search on "snail love darts" for the dirt on these randy hermaphrodites.)

As I was having my morning cup of coffee, the word came to me: "malacophilous", a botanical term meaning "pollinated by snails". If you ever need to describe some hot snail-on-tulip action, you're now prepared.

Another useful term: "limaceous", meaning slimy or slug-like.

I'll propose some neologisms to address the specific needs of the snail-licking community:

malacolingus (n.) the act of licking a snail.

cochleilambate (v.tr.) to lick a snail.

limacoligurphily (LAI''-muh-koh-lih-GUR'-fih-lee)

- also limaligurphily or limaligurophilia (n.)

The condition of being sexually excited by licking snails. limaligurphilous (adj.); limaligurophile (n.).

Cheers.