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Skinning
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12.10.08The Art of Fish Preservation: Gyotaku
Fishing, Skinning, Taxidermy (13)Beard's 'A New Manner for Preserving Fish' is unnecessarily messy. We have to get on a plane in a few hours, so we'd rather keep the 'fish preservation' botchery at a minimum; I don't feel like concealing fish parts back to California. Instead, there is a simpler method of yore that we'll use to record our catch, a small catfish, Ford and Chas' first catch, a trophy day on the boy's time line. There were plans to round out this first exposure to fishing with a saltwater experience, but Galveston became windy and COLD. We didn't pack enough parkas, ...
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11.24.08Can you Taxiderm a Whale?
Skinning, Taxidermy (8)Here we are in on San Juan Island in Washington State to attend a wedding and run into taxidermy yet again! This Harbor Seal is on display at the Whale Museum in Friday Harbor. We spent along time admiring his fur and looking at the claw ridges in the flippers that look very similar to the bone structure in our own hands. Note how the seal is placed in a natural setting diorama with rocks and pretend water underneath. This afternoon we made eye contact with a real harbor seal from the low bluffs near Dead Man's Cove. It was ...
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11.19.08Appreciating Animal Skins
Skinning, Taxidermy (0)Until I met Grandpa Frank, I never thought much about animal hides or stuffed specimens. My only references were fur coats and dusty dioramas in museums. Frank has an eye for beauty, rustic and otherwise. Over a lifetime Frank has preserved many natural specimens. Lucky for us we get to share his bounty, and touch animals that we would never get near in the wild. How often do you get close to a skunk? Well, probably never right? Frank has a whole collection of skunk skins (apparently his sweetheart Grandma Jan has a pension for them). Most of these skunks were ...
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