Here are the much delayed and often promised pictures of the finish work on the lamb. As you might remember, I had to make significant changes to the taxidermy form. Once that was finished, I began covering the lamb with lambskin. I looked for a good fake fur version, but could only find them in […]
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To begin, I need to take the rods of the taxidermy lamb form that I’ve ordered. These are intended to make it easy to mount the lamb on a board, but I won’t be doing anything like that. It will be laying in the back seat of a car, partially in a bag. Next, I
Things I say I’m moving back to Shimmer land. Screw the gods. Just be sure you aren’t screwing when the actors get there. Can I get a stiffer rod? I can retain his rods if I hold them between my pelvis and his head May I touch your dead animal head? He couldn’t get it
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My shopping list this week included: Taxidermy moose head, KY Jelly, 2 lbs feathers, balloons, fishing line Glock or revolver, and a mousetrap. I actually said the sentence, “As soon as I buy the moose head, I have to go pick up some KY jelly.” What’s the strangest combination of things you’ve ever bought?
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If you want to have conversations with your neighbors, a good way to do it is to walk down the street with a cart of taxidermy. They might start conversations with such openers as” “My god!” “What is it?” “Are they real?” “May I touch your dead animal heads?” I’m doing props for Bully Pulpit,
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