I hope everyone is having a nice Easter weekend! Here’s a cute little ringed Plover chick I just completed (needle felted) #needlefelting #fauxtaxidermy #wader #taxidermy #chick #easter #cute #artisan #craft #wildlife #shorebirds #birdsofinstagram #birds #baby #oddities #ooak #handmade #taxidermyco #homedecor #art #artist #wildlifeart (at Taxidermy Co. UK)

Muntjac buck commission ready to go #taxidermy #muntjac #muntjacdeer #deer #buck #taxidermyco #animals #vultureculture #fern #art #wildlife #artist #homedecor #interiordesign #artist #curios #dead #pretty #suffolk #breckland #commission

Nightmare pheasant done and drying ✅ #taxidermy #taxidermyco #taxidermist #art #artist #pheasant #bird #birds #oddities #vultureculture #white #hen #wildlife #deadthings #animals #homedecor #taxidermybird #artisan #suffolk #weekend

Birds are really putting me through my paces recently! Another shattered skull fixed with hot glue, strong thread and a lot of patience. Also - bonus shattered wing and leg bones, my favourite. #sarcasm #taxidermist #pheasant #taxidermy #taxidermyprocess #skull #fracture #gamebird #white #leucistic #bird #birds #taxidermyco #dead #clean #wip #art #artist #animals #vultureculture #tgif #weekend #commission #suffolk (at Taxidermy Co. UK)

This gorgeous little gem is now available! Take him home today only at www.taxidermyco.uk perched in an eating pose, I cast a little piece of real apple in resin #taxidermy #taxidermyco #taxidermist #art #forsale #vultureculture #deadthings #oddities #bird #parakeet #parrot #homedecor #interiordesign #artisan #handmade #beautifulbizarre #food #apple #animals (at Taxidermy Co. UK)

This gorgeous lifesize boy is now complete and up for sale, only on www.taxidermyco.uk 15% of this sale will be donated to the UK Wolf Conservation Trust ✌completely handmade using a #needlefelting technique. #fauxtaxidermy #taxidermyco #taxidermy #wolf #wolves #beautifulbizarre #handmade #oddities #ooak #needlefelted #animal #vultureculture #stuffed #graywolf #art #artist #fiberart #realism #dog #homedecor #artistsoninstagram (at Taxidermy Co. UK)

just an hour more on this guy and I reckon I’ll be happy with him! My first needle felted ‘faux taxidermy’ project, what do you guys think? #taxidermyco #needlefelting #wip #vultureculture #taxidermy #needlefelted #animals #wolf #wolves #art #artist #artisan #artoftheday #handmade #oddities #stuffed #homedecor #interiordesign #greywolf #deadthings #ooak #artdoll (at Taxidermy Co. UK)

Can’t wait for spring/summer where there is more daylight to get things done! Here’s the muntjac all pinned and set - now gotta wait for him to dry. By the time I’m back from hols he should be ready for his airbrushing and final touches #taxidermy #suffolk #taxidermist #taxidermyco #taxidermyart #muntjac #deer #buck #commission #dead #deadthings #wildlife #vultureculture #artist #art #animals #craft #handmade #wip #skill (at Taxidermy Co. UK)

Considering I’m rocking a kidney infection right now, I’m pretty chuffed with the progress I’ve made on the muntjac buck today keeping him hydrated so I can finish tomorrow ☺️ #taxidermyco #taxidermy #wip #taxidermyprocess #muntjac #deer #taxidermydeer #interiordesign #homedecor #commission #art #wildlife #vultureculture #animals #oddities #stuffed #cute #handmade #suffolk #taxidermist (at Taxidermy Co. UK)

Together forever this gorgeous pair of melanistic pheasants were donated to me, I had to do some emergency skinning and prepping today as I have no freezer room! @bezzaboo Thank you for letting me temporarily store them in your normal food freezer #togetherforever #taxidermy #emergency #prep #pheasants #pretty #love #taxidermyco #vultureculture #taxidermyart #taxidermist #bird #game #country #cute #wildlife #amazing #melanistic #animals #hisandhers #freezer #oddities #deadthings #suffolk #art #hobby #craft #pheasant (at Taxidermy Co. UK)

‘Faux taxidermy’ Needle felted Wolf progress - he can smell now! #fauxtaxidermy #needlefelting #needlefelted #wolf #wolves #art #craft #handmade #artistsoninstagram #taxidermy #wool #ooak #artdoll #artoftheday #krysthecreator #unique #dog #oddities #homedecor #taxidermyco (at Taxidermy Co. UK)

Finished this cutie! Will take better pictures soon ☺️ #badger #cutiepatootie #taxidermyco #taxidermy #taxidermist #stuffed #art #wildlife #ethical #roadkill #melesmeles #animals #vultureculture #suffolk #workshop #craft #handmade #womenwhomake (at Taxidermy Co. UK)

I’m gonna miss this magical bb when he goes off to his new owner! #unicornsarereal #unicorn #taxidermy #lamb #cute #real #taxidermyco #curio #oddities #vultureculture #taxidermist #craft #handmade #art #animals #pet #foal #fawn #baby #stuffed #taxidermyforsale #unicorns (at Taxidermy Co. UK)

Some of the skull reconstructions i did a few months back :> Process pics in the bottom row. Both skulls found.

I had a bone box that was basically collecting skulls and parts too beaten up for my liking for YEARS (don’t take me wrong, i adore worn out and damaged skulls but sometimes its just too much to be aesthetically pleasing) and i finally fixed some of them up.

Both kitty and nutria were in extremely poor shapes, i even considered tossing the cat because… look at it, it was just loose parts (1st image, bottom row) but im really glad i didnt in the end. The diprosopus mod might not be the bees knees BUT for my first time reconstructing a skull i think its alright!

The nutria (which i named Berberis) i just love with my whole heart, the pictures might not convey it as good as i’d like to but you cant tell its a reconstruction until closer scrutiny. Really happy with them all in all.

sculpting skulls is a BI*CH, especially when you want a somewhat convincing mod… its just that the clay tilts and falls under its own weight, and you cant really stick the clay on the skull because then HOW are you supposed to bake the clay without damaging the bone? I managed the fitting by wetting the bone (poly clay wont stick to wet surfaces ;) and then just very delicately removing the shaped clay bits, hardening them, checking if its still fits the bone, filing, building on the shapes and elements on the “skeleton” (kitty process shows it off well, 2nd pic) and then filing more. Its a trip and a half, took a lot of time but im super satisfied knowing i can do it.

Insect Alchemy: Tyler Thrasher

I stumbled onto a website full of fragile creatures dusted with crystals the color of jeweled dewdrops. These bespoke creatures are the creation of Tyler Thrasher, a Tulsa, Oklahoma native with a penchant for combining nature and science – with enchanting results.

Though not a taxidermist himself, Tyler crafts’ unique pieces of arts from the specimens’ are treated with various compounds to yield crystal growth – each reacting differently to the solution.

The curiosity and love of nature is evident in the gentle reworking of beauty, shifting these complex bodies into a collection of things that seem imagined from the pages of an otherworldly tale. They lay on the border of the enchantingly macabre if you consider a dead thing capable of rebirthing an existence through bewitchment.

Read on at HAHAMAG.com…

Domestic Arrangements with Kimberly Witham

PhotographerKimberly Witham’s series, Domestic Arrangements has a strange comforting quality, as if you weren’t dealing with such issues as death, and the delicate balance of nature vs. human, but merely stumbling into some charming museum natural history diorama.