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White mouse
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Brown rat pup
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22nd October 2007, 11:14am
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#16 | | Athiest Otter
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
Making something look alive and 'real' when it is neither of the two things, that's part of it I guess.
But then, taxidermy isn't everyones cuppa tea, I understand how folk might not fathom why some find it enjoyable.
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22nd October 2007, 11:15am
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#17 | | Let's Pray I'll Be Ok!
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
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Originally Posted by LesMTS  What's to enjoy with building spice racks? Or pottery? Or sculpture? | Well, I'm assuming that people take different things from it.
Making something with your own hands can be very rewarding. And Scuplpture is an art form.
Is this what she sees in taxidermy? Is it art? Or Is it taking a dead animal and putting life back into it, in a sense? Is it a "morbid" interest?
Or is she just bored and looking for an unusual hobby.
There are reason why people like things. I doubt she woke up one day and thought "i'll stuff a dead rat, just because".
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22nd October 2007, 11:17am
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#18 | | bordeebarbushbarbon Editor
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
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Originally Posted by Jaemi Well people take different things from it.
Making something with your own hands can be very rewarding. Scuplpture is an art form.
Is this what she sees in taxidermy? Is it art? Is it taking a dead animal and putting life back into it, in a sense? Or is a "morbid" interest? Or is she just bored and looking for an unusual hobby.
There are reason why people like things. I doubt she woke up one day and thought "i'll stuff a dead rat, just because". | Well, it is making something with your own hands, creative and rewarding I'd guess. Plus you're learning a lot about anatomy, which is fascinating.
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22nd October 2007, 11:18am
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#19 | | Athiest Otter
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
Well as I said earlier, I've been interested in it for years. It wasn't an overnight interest and certainly not something born of boredom. When I'm comfortable enough to work on larger pieces it'll start costing me alot of money.
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22nd October 2007, 11:19am
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#20 | | Let's Pray I'll Be Ok!
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
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Originally Posted by LesMTS Well, it is making something with your own hands, creative and rewarding I'd guess. Plus you're learning a lot about anatomy, which is fascinating. | She mentioned none of those.
I'm sure she had the brains to answer the question, she might've just been avoiding it, or getting the wrong end of the stick.
We got there in the end though.
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22nd October 2007, 11:21am
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#21 | | bordeebarbushbarbon Editor
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
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Originally Posted by Jaemi She mentioned none of those. | I can't speak for anyone, I was just putting across my opinion that it's a perfectly valid hobby.
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22nd October 2007, 11:24am
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#22 | | Let's Pray I'll Be Ok!
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
It makes more sense than model railways....just.
And less sense than "birthstones".
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22nd October 2007, 11:28am
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#23 | | bordeebarbushbarbon Editor
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
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Originally Posted by Jaemi It makes more sense than model railways....just.
And less sense than "birthstones". | In halls in first year uni I lived with a guy who was an actual trainspotter. An actual trainspotter.
I didn't think trainspotters were real things until then.
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22nd October 2007, 11:34am
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#24 | | Athiest Otter
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
Anyway. I set this poll to close later than planned, so I'll take the adult rat as the option. He's defrosting now and I've ordered the eyes. If he's defrosted enough by the wee hours or tomorow I'll skin him then.
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22nd October 2007, 11:35am
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#25 | | Let's Pray I'll Be Ok!
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
The people that are into model railways are always strange.
I doubt they'd want the police riffling throught their hard drives.
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22nd October 2007, 11:56am
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#26 | | Hyphen Hyphen
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
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Originally Posted by Exit_W0unds Anyway. I set this poll to close later than planned, so I'll take the adult rat as the option. He's defrosting now and I've ordered the eyes. If he's defrosted enough by the wee hours or tomorow I'll skin him then. | Where did you order the eyes from? | |
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22nd October 2007, 11:59am
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#27 | | Athiest Otter
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
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Originally Posted by djbarry Where did you order the eyes from? | This supplier http://stores.ebay.co.uk/JHT-Taxidermy-Supplies
Instead of using ebay, I called him to place the order instead. Saves him paying ebay fees.
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22nd October 2007, 12:04pm
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#28 | | Hyphen Hyphen
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
Did you go for glass or acrylic? | |
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22nd October 2007, 12:07pm
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#29 | | Athiest Otter
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
Glass. The albino eyes I'm recieving are clear if you look at them side on and pink when they're looked into. It'll look better than blobs of solid red. Ordered another four pairs of eyes too, two pairs for the two rat pups and another two for the two mice.
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22nd October 2007, 12:28pm
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#30 | | Hyphen Hyphen
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| Re: Taxidermy. My first try
I'm sure there have been advances in the quality of acrylic eyes, but glass are always worth going for. | |
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