“Still Life” By MELISSA MILGROM Chapter 1: Schwendeman’s Taxidermy Studio From “Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy” by Melissa Milgrom. Excerpted with permission of the author. Continued from Part 1 David is extraordinarily unpretentious. People from the AMNH remember him as a humble, hardworking naturalist with an uncanny intuition for animal forms. For example, when Rose …
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David J. Schwendeman – Part 1
On November 26, 2012, David J. Schwendeman, the last chief taxidermist ever employed by the American Museum of Natural History, passed away at the age of 87. He was the final link in a long chain of iconic taxidermists who held this position, spanning almost the entire twentieth century; from Carl Ethan Akeley, James L. …
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Spotting Internet Scam Artists
The internet is a double-edged sword. It has effectively made the world smaller by bringing people together from all over, who otherwise would have never met. This has opened up a vast new universe for sharing ideas, techniques, products, and merchandise. It has also made it much easier for crooks in foreign countries to prey …
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Deer Taxidermy Display Options
I love a challenge. The good folks at McKenzie came up with a great one for me. They wanted to see if I was up to creating a fascinating new video project that would take me down a different path. They seemed to like the latest videos I have been producing for them geared toward …
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Basic Steps for In-Shop Tanning
If you ever apply for a job answering questions for a technical assistance help line at a taxidermy supply company, you better make sure that you understand the tanning process forwards and backwards. It would be a good bet that the most common subject for questions on the line will be about the steps involved …
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