Move over, Money Cat–this is the Vulture Culture Kitty, who only shows up once in a cat’s age! Reblog her within five minutes and you’ll unearth some bone, hide or other natural treasure, whether in the deepest woods, or the shelves of an antique store.
Tag: pretty dead things
THE WORLD TAXIDERMY CHAMPIONSHIPS
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MINDthese may be the most fan-girly, enthusiastic, crying with happiness videos we’ve ever made and I can’t wait to share them with you
More photos coming soon!!
This is a big female groundhog that my buddy brought to me the other day. Poor lil lady was cornered and killed by dogs 😦 RIP stinky, fat momma💮
A taxidermist wedding. This is what they think of when “two become one”. #Taxidermy #taxidermist #naturalhistory #ornithology #birds #freaks #laurencrist #preytaxidermy #allismarkham
Some strange tail bones I pulled out of peroxide today. Never seen this before
There are little-known bones located underneath caudal vertebrae called chevrons that typically get lost after decomp, but it looks like this critter had its chevrons fuse to the vertebrae!
I slavvvvved making this coffin shaped mount board for my young horse skull. It isn’t perfect but it’s my first time using a saw and electric sander!!
Mummified chick head necklaces
Oil on Beetle by Akihiro Higuchi
Intimate portraits of skulls inside Manchester Museum
I haven’t had much time to work on anything big recently due to university coursework and exam prep, so I decided to create this one day project focused on capturing the essence of the skull collection at Manchester Museum. I have been suffering with health problems recently so I have become fascinated by human body, especially how it has evolved over time.
I knew about the skull collection from previous trips to the museum; it is my main outlet for first hand reference as it is local to me (the museum is integrated into the University of Manchester’s main campus along Oxford Road). I didn’t have time to arrange a private viewing with the skulls nor do I think they would have removed a permanent exhibit just for me to photograph, so I had to just work with the displays set-up.
On first glance the conditions would appear less than ideal: poor lighting, glass, many things clustered together and people constantly getting in the way. However, the majority of these hassles were taken care of in-camera by switching to high-contrast BW mode and turning down exposure compensation. The result is a black background which hides most of the other clutter and accentuates the corse details of each skull, giving a haunting insight into the past.
At the time i was primarily focused on human skulls but the single horse skull also caught my eye so I chose to include it also. All pictures only have minor touch-ups done in post to remove small glass reflections, everything else is done in camera.
The success of this photography project has lead me to draw up plans for a much bigger, mixed media project which I am going to develop over the summer, this time focusing on the cardiovascular system.
Finally got around to mounting and photographing her 🙂
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