Taxidermy Stoat Commission
Taxidermy Stoat Commission
Here’s one of the latest projects I have completed, a gorgeous little female stoat.
It unfortunately got attacked by a dog and my customer wanted her mounted up as a result of this.
I gave her a relaxed pose on a bit of driftwood I had and completed with some moss.
I am really in to casting heads at the minute, so as you can see from the progress pictures!
I cast the head in resin which means it’s an accurate representation of the original skull, giving it a perfect fit.
The body form was handmade out of wood wool.
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Taxidermy Water Shrew ‘Shrewbert’
Shrewbert the Eurasian Water Shrew
The tiny little Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) commissioned by Iain Webb at The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Northamptonshire went off to his new home yesterday!
He is now aptly named ‘Shrewbert’ – love it! Iain thought it would be a good idea to have the specimen mounted up for educational purposes after he found it deceased.
Notable features that distinguish it from the other species of shrew include the line of hairs under the tail forming a keel, the fringe of hairs around its feet to help with swimming, and the whiskers on its snout, the vibrissae, to help it search for food.
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