Form alteration -taxidermy behind the scenes

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Working on this deer mount today and wanted to share a few photos of the process.

 

The form fits good except for the head width.

The skull was narrower than the sculpted form. Sure I can slap the skin on the form and add clay over the skullcap to make it work.. but that's why so many mounts look so bad. Taxidermist need to take the time to notice an issue and correct it the right way.

 

Pictures are self explanatory..

 

 

 

http://www.jerseyjaystaxidermy.com

[jerseyhunter]

Guess being part carpenter/contractor helps, nicely done.  

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Guess being part carpenter/contractor helps, nicely done.

Tremendously

 

 

http://www.jerseyjaystaxidermy.com

[kmtpr]

Awesome post. Jay.

[Mess240]

Great work

[TK3333]

Pretty cool annd interesting. Thanks for sharing

[gobblergetter]

Ah-ha....

That's how you do it....

 

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Edited November 19, 2016 by gobblergetter

[Merkel]

Interesting; thanks for sharing

[birdshotnj]

It's very coolvthat you take the time to do these posts Jay

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Anytime. Here it is with the skin on and ready to dry.. way better this way than it would have looked stretched out as wide as it was..

 

http://www.jerseyjaystaxidermy.com

[Racknfin]

Beautiful work Jay! True artist in this field.

[Mess240]

Nice job

[NorthNJHunter]

Very nice Jay!

[Njpddet]

I love the behind the scene stuff.  thanks

[Buck154]

Nice work Jay  . Most guys would never think of doing something like that. Awesome job