Taxidermy Tales

The TaxiderMe team continues to marvel at the unexpected urban nooks and crannies that are crawling with closet taxidermy enthusiasts. On a recent NYC outing, we happened upon a fine young gentleman, who later sent us this vivid description of his experiences with the art of stuffing:

...from a book by liz jensen called ark baby that i've been reading: "...animal kingdom collection, which would contain a stuffed example of every living creature in the world, clad in human clothes and depicting pious scenes." taxidermy is all around us, apparently. the arrangement of the skin, greek origins. jokes of the mortal. immortality for the skin deep.

my childhood playmate's father was an african big game hunter and had a den decor de his prey. hairy stools of thick elephant legs. thick dusty yellowhite polar bear rugs con cabeza. pincher toothed wild boar wall fenestrations. zebra. lion. hyena. python. this was the setting of our games as boys. tie slip knot with 2-lb fishing line around 1/headless bobcat's left incisor. taut to peacock claw 5 meters across the room at -12 degree decline. hook robin's, the boy wonder's, plastic seamed hand to line. ready nylon canary cape for wind wave. release. snake hiss. repeat 3x. satisfaction guaranteed.

One of his companions sent us these photographic representations of some experimental taxidermy play by Australian artist Patricia Piccinini (see above images).

Fellow taxi aficionados, thanks for the stories and tips - and keep them coming....