In 1992, Jeff Lumsden of Everette, Washington accomplished something only a handful of artists can claim, when he was awarded the coveted Judges’ Choice Best of Show at the World Taxidermy Championships with a beautiful chum salmon, winning him TWO gold Akeley medallions. Jeff has been one of the leading fish taxidermists of our day, …
Category: Fish
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Bluegill (Bream) Paint Schedule
It’s hard to believe that three decades have passed since Breakthrough first started publishing a series of taxidermy instructional manuals. The first book in this series was “The Breakthrough Encyclopedia of Fish Painting” and the very first edition came in a large, tan three-ring binder, with all of the paint schedules printed on individual card …
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Chain Pickerel Paint Schedule
As amazing as it seems, just ten short years ago in 2003, there were no smart phones, no tablets, and no photos posted in the Taxidermy Net Forums. If you wanted a paint schedule for a fish, you actually had to find one printed on a piece of paper! During this time, WASCO would occasionally …
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Black Crappie Paint Schedule
Looking over the internet traffic reports for the first year of Ken’s Corner, I have noticed that fish painting schedules are quite popular. Reprinted from 2001’s “North American Taxidermy News”, here is a classic set of instructions for painting a black crappie originally written by fish artist extraordinaire, Tom Sexton of Iowa. It is also …
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Bob Berry Lifetime Achievement
On May 10, 2013, at the World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championships® awards banquet held at the Springfield, Illinois Hilton Hotel, Show Chairman Larry Blomquist presented the third ever World Show Lifetime Achievement Award to Bob Berry of El Cajon, California.
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