Taxidermy
Bird Taxidermy Measurement Sheet
I have now got to a point where I feel my measurement sheet is good enough to show and share with other bird taxidermists.
Read MoreSea Birds Natural History Museum
Seabird Display By Mike Gadd Location: The Hintze Hallat the Natural History Museum in London From the tiny Petrel Albatross Bone Cleaning Additional Bone(s) on the Albatross Elbow Massive Humerus Bone of the Albatross Best place to wash an Albatross Ready to start drying the Albatross Working on an Albatross Me and the Antipadeean
Read MoreGuild of Taxidermy Conference 2016
The UK Taxidermy Guild Conference was the 40th anniversary of the very start of the Guild and managed to draw in some of the past founder members … and good to see old faces, together with a mix of growing new members. The program consisted of an excellent taxidermy history lecture by Pat Morris –…
Read MoreGuild of Taxidermy Conference 2015
Yet another good conference at the Guild of Taxidermists’ annual get together. Always good to see old friends and meet the now and upcoming taxidermists in the UK. This year, we were graced with two legends in the world of taxidermists from the UK, Derek Frampton and Peter Summers. It was great to see them…
Read MoreShort-Eared Owl – Attempt
I found a great photo of a Short-eared Owl and just had to have a go at reproducing it. I did struggle to get the pose right and as you can see, it came close but not close enough. So the morning after my failed attempt, I altered it to a standard pose. It was…
Read MoreSkin Stretching
This is a Beginner Taxidermy question from Jane “I bought your book Beginner Taxidermy – Small Mammal earlier this year and have found it absolutely invaluable. However, I have one problem which is not addressed in the book and I can find no reference to it elsewhere. I have a background in animal sculpture so find…
Read MoreDisplaying Taxidermy on a Wall
If you’re like me, I’m continually changing stock and customer taxidermy items on display so that I need to drill new screw holes into the wall to secure the latest case or mount I’ve created. This was starting to drive me mad as I was continually changing the screws in the wall. I tried leaving…
Read MoreGuild of Taxidermists Conference 2014
It is always great to see old friends and meet new members. I, like many other UK taxidermists, look forward to the Guild’s annual taxidermy conference, meetings and competitions. Taxidermy Lectures We were expecting the talented German taxidermist, Yvonne Fritzsche-Nehls, who was going to do a talk on polyethylene glycol. Unfortunately, she had family problems…
Read MoreSquirrel Taxidermy Critique
One of the most important ways to improve your taxidermy is via a taxidermy critique and to be able to self-critique your own work as you are working on it is the key to improving. This is the main basis of producing a good piece of taxidermy and one of the main focuses in my…
Read MoreTaxidermy Seminar 2012
The Guild of Taxidermists held a seminar at Sutton Bonington this is one of the the mid year meeting we have. I did a demonstration on Grey Squirrel Taxidermy to promote the new Book “Beginner Small Mammal Taxidermy ” showing the flexibility of woodwool as a manikin medium. There is now an article on the Guild…
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