very interesting work of Ellen Jewett that you posted. not sure why the connection to furniture came to your mind but i'm sure that as soon as someone says you can't relate one to the other, someone will point to an example where it can be.
i look at a lot of work in galleries and a couple of furniture artists came to mind. first there's Judy Kensley McKie. She does a lot of animal themed furniture and is represented by some of the finest galleries. There's also the vegetable furniture and sculpture of Craig Nutt which is also very skillfully done. If you're ever in the Atlanta airport, you can see his huge ear of corn airplane sculpture--the Corncorde.
for the level of detail that Jewett does--it reminds me of quite a bit of the plastination work that Gunther von Hagen does on his Body Worlds exhibits. I saw one of his shows in Philadelphia some years ago and it was truly breathtaking.
i don't have ready links available but you can google image search any of the three names to see plenty of examples. thanks for posting the artist's work.
