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  Nov 27 2010, 07:55 AM
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I'm taking on fish taxidermy as a new creative outlet and will have my first lesson today!
 I have a 26"-27" male Rainbow which I caught a while back for my first specimen. My instructor is a world renown and award winning taxidermist (fish, birds, big & small game) and professional photographer, check out his work! Freestone Fine Art I'm honored to have the opportunity to learn from the best. Kevin is also fine woodsman and prospecting buddy. I may post pics of my progress but I think that the process will take a while since I'll be doing it one weekend at a time and there are many steps. Wish me luck! Disclaimer: Kevin does NOT offer classes or lessons to individuals or the general public, he's doing this for me as a friend. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM Referral Code CE213 |
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Nov 28 2011, 01:26 PM
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 The pins are used to secure the skin to the foam-carved body. The skin is adhered to the body using a water/latex mixture then sewn together on the reverse side (not pictured). Wherever there is a skin termination, like here around the tail, pins are used to ensure that the skin does not peel or curl up during the drying process' of both the skin and water/latex mixture. Fish skin reacts very much like leather. The pictured junction of tail-to-skin will later be smoothed/sculpted to a natural look using an epoxy putty prior to the airbrush stage. You can kinda see where I have already done this (pins removed and putty)... where the dorsal and anal fins are connected. The putty is gray. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM Referral Code CE213 |
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swizz Taxidermy Class Nov 27 2010, 07:55 AM
ColoradoProspector Sounds like a fun class to take and good luck on t... Nov 27 2010, 11:18 AM swizz Doing well so far after two days.
I carved and scu... Nov 29 2010, 09:38 AM swizz QUOTE (swizz @ Nov 27 2010, 06:55 AM) I h... Nov 29 2010, 09:51 AM swizz Update.
Pictured below is my fish head in progress... Dec 9 2010, 12:20 PM swizz ... another quick update
This is a pic of the fis... Dec 29 2010, 04:56 PM Mrs.CP Very cool Swizz, and what a fascinating process. I... Dec 30 2010, 09:51 AM Mrs.CP Hows the project and air brushing coming along Swi... Feb 16 2011, 11:07 AM
swizz QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Feb 16 2011, 10:07 AM) Ho... Feb 16 2011, 12:51 PM ASTROBLEME QUOTE (swizz @ Feb 16 2011, 11:51 AM) Hi ... Feb 16 2011, 07:29 PM swizz QUOTE (ASTROBLEME @ Feb 16 2011, 06:29 PM... Feb 18 2011, 01:24 PM Mrs.CP QUOTE (swizz @ Feb 16 2011, 11:51 AM) Hi ... Feb 24 2011, 08:13 AM swizz QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Feb 24 2011, 07:13 AM) Yo... Feb 24 2011, 11:11 AM Coalbunny I'd love to get me a "stuffed" rainb... Feb 18 2011, 10:34 PM swizz QUOTE (Coalbunny @ Feb 18 2011, 09:34 PM)... Feb 19 2011, 07:41 AM Mrs.CP Looks cool Swizz! Bet your having a blast lear... Feb 25 2011, 07:40 AM swizz Thanks Denise,
I had another good session today.
T... Feb 26 2011, 07:22 PM Mrs.CP That looks great! I have no doubt that your fi... Feb 27 2011, 07:58 AM swizz Update
I learned to paint fins today.
The followin... Mar 5 2011, 07:11 PM Mrs.CP Your doing a fantastic job Swizz, your finished pi... Mar 6 2011, 08:02 AM swizz OK... for those interested, here is my completed p... May 15 2011, 09:23 AM Mrs.CP That turned out fantastic Chris, you did an incred... May 15 2011, 03:34 PM swizz Thank you Denise! That means a lot coming from... May 15 2011, 07:48 PM ColoradoProspector Awesome job on that project Swizz, that fish looks... May 17 2011, 10:41 AM Coalbunny She's right Swizz. You have done a great job. May 17 2011, 06:29 PM swizz Thanks guys, I appreciate the encouragement and de... May 17 2011, 08:31 PM Mrs.CP Its not just encouragement Chris, your extremely t... May 19 2011, 06:03 AM swizz Thanks Denise! The feeling is certainly mutual... May 19 2011, 07:32 AM traddoerr Swizz, That is a fantastic job on the fish, taxide... Jun 2 2011, 07:39 PM traddoerr Sorry Swizz, I ment to spell real (not feel), Jun 6 2011, 09:44 PM swizz Hi all,
Just a quick plug for my taxidermy instruc... Oct 6 2011, 12:32 PM Mrs.CP Wow Chris, Kevin does amazing work!
It took m... Oct 9 2011, 07:09 AM swizz Thanks Denise! I will pass that on to him.
I j... Oct 10 2011, 09:47 AM swizz I am beginning my next fish this weekend. It is a ... Nov 1 2011, 10:14 AM Mrs.CP Cool piece Swizz, I'm looking forward to seein... Nov 4 2011, 08:20 AM swizz QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Nov 4 2011, 08:20 AM) I a... Nov 4 2011, 08:28 AM kmontoya911 Could you use a rock for a table or shelf mount? I... Nov 4 2011, 07:35 PM swizz QUOTE (kmontoya911 @ Nov 4 2011, 07:35 PM... Nov 4 2011, 08:29 PM swizz Here is a quick update for those interested.
I am ... Nov 14 2011, 12:58 PM Woody Looks excellent,
You may not have been doing t... Nov 14 2011, 10:03 PM Mrs.CP Fantastic work Chris!!!
I agree Wood... Nov 15 2011, 08:39 AM swizz Thanks guys!
I'm having fun with this o... Nov 15 2011, 07:47 PM kmontoya911 I am blown away by your talent, chris. I would exp... Nov 15 2011, 08:42 PM swizz Thanks Ken you got it! Nov 16 2011, 08:30 AM ColoradoProspector That is going to be one sweet and very unique fish... Nov 24 2011, 09:49 AM swizz Acupuncture Nov 27 2011, 06:39 PM Mrs.CP Interesting Chris....... but I can't seem to... Nov 28 2011, 12:47 PM Mrs.CP Amazing how many processes go into doing this. Sou... Nov 29 2011, 02:02 PM swizz QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Nov 29 2011, 01:02 PM) So... Nov 29 2011, 06:49 PM Mrs.CP QUOTE (swizz @ Nov 29 2011, 05:49 PM) It... Dec 19 2011, 09:27 AM swizz QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Dec 19 2011, 08:27 AM) Lo... Dec 19 2011, 10:01 AM Mrs.CP Thats a beautiful fish Chris, fantastic color... Jan 26 2012, 08:42 AM swizz Thanks Denise! That is a purty one and I think... Jan 31 2012, 07:52 PM Mrs.CP It's coming along great Chris! Keep up the... Feb 2 2012, 02:18 PM swizz Might have this one wrapped up this weekend.
Co... Feb 28 2012, 05:54 AM Woody Can't wait to see it. Feb 28 2012, 07:32 AM swizz Project completed!
I will try to give it a ... Mar 3 2012, 08:29 PM swizz Colorado Greenback Cutthroat Mar 5 2012, 06:13 PM Mrs.CP QUOTE (swizz @ Mar 5 2012, 05:13 PM) Colo... Mar 7 2012, 07:26 AM traddoerr Fantastic job Chris! that really came out grea... Mar 5 2012, 10:40 PM ColoradoProspector WOW!!! That is fantastic I agree, very... Mar 6 2012, 08:59 AM EMac These really are incredible! I agree with Woo... Oct 24 2014, 12:31 PM Caveman It is an incredible piece of work, Chris! Oct 24 2014, 04:52 PM swizz Bad Kitty! Super lifelike.
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