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Published: 2009-07-17 05:27:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 11485; Favourites: 240; Downloads: 35
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I was bored & wanted to try my hand at a stamp. Might update it later with a better version with better pictures, but you can use it if you want.P.S; If you don't like taxidermy, I don't care really. Don't post rude comments.
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EDIT: Sense people don't seem to understand what I mean by "Don't post rude comments"... I am simply asking you to not act like an immature child. I know there are people who disapprove of this art form... but if you are unable to hold an intelligent conversation I respectfully ask you to keep your opinion to yourself. Thanks.
EDIT#2: If you like this version feel free to still fave/use it, but I've made a newer version.
lupen202.deviantart.com/art/Ta…
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I'd love to be a taxidermist but the whole removing the insides is too much for me not to mention the smell.
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fancy seeing you here
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Most pelts used for taxidermy come pre-tanned (aka leather); no smell/insides etc., that's dealt with in earlier stages during the skinning/tanning.
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Well I don't mind it, as long as they are not killed for that, that they were taken when they were dead.
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I'm sort of mixed about it, I'd rather people just keep the animal alive, I mean, it's their skin and hair/fur, they need it like we need our skin and hair right?
But people take road kill and stuff them too, well in the UK anyway.
I'd rather just bury the animal or leave its remains for other animals to feed from.
I wouldn't concider it art though, it seems a bit weird to me because well....it's dead animal body parts.... but yeah.
Would taxidermy humans be art?
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Taxidermy humans exist too you know. www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct…
Also, if taxidermy is not art because it contains dead animals, then cake decorating is not art because it contains gelatin (aka dead animals)
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Those humans were already dead, right?! Did they at least get permission from the family and/or the person while they were dying?
Because if not, that's just sick!
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I know it does, but that's for science usually.
Nah, just use fake fur and leave the animals alone, if they die leave them for the rest of nature to use, other creatures probably need fur more than we do
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But other than weasels, animals do not use the furs. I believe we should not waste beautiful animals and make use of their bodies, because just because they are dead does not mean we cannot love and look after them.
Taxidermy can be used for science too though, like figuring out the anatomy of an animal.
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I said I'm 50/50 on the situation,
like I agree with taxidermy animals that have passed away and is they're rare or extinct, preserve their bodies for museums or science.
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You do not have to like anything though, I just like getting into debates about taxidermy, as I like it a lot and I feed on different opinions.
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That's cool, debates are fun ^^
(Until some idiot joins in and turns it into an argument lol)
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Those are the worst XD
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I think it's beautiful. And I know how painstaking it is to do, so I greatly respect anyone who has the patience and skill to do it.
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I hate how most taxidermists think they are treating animals with respect by stuffing them and putting them on display after they die... do you even KNOW what riots would be caused if the same thing was done to humans? If they were stuffed/skinned then put next to your hearth for some deco? "It's just skin Steven!" (sorry I just had to xD)
Usually all taxidermists reply with "oh yeah well the animals are dead already, why should they care?" when asked why they believe what they are doing is morally correct
I'm not religious, but I do believe that if something is dead you give it that last bit of respect and bury it and not just make it your newest home furnishing! Animals are not less superior than humans, they had personalities and 'souls' when they were alive too.
What has humanity come too? Absolutely revolting, at least to me.
My grandfather does taxidermy, he had me watch him make a soft mount when I was younger... I can only say I ended up extremely sick, retching and all. How is this FUN for people? Sadism, if you ask me.
I apologize for my rant, but I really feel like I need to get that off my shoulders.
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but sadism and taxidermy are nothing alike??
Could you please explain what you meant by saying that taxidermy is sadism?
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My grandfather shot the animals himself. Just to taxidermy them. There are some taxidermists that stuff already dead animals, but some go out of their way to kill them.
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just to taxidermy them? The taxidermy we have in our house (two deer heads and antlers) were shot and killed for the meat, not for the sport, so I've never heard of killing them just to taxidermy.
I mean, if someone commissions their dead pet to become taxidermy then I can understand, but I guess I prefer it when other parts of the animal are used as resources and not just to look pretty, unless they cant be used.
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It's called trophy hunting, where people just kill the animal to stuff it, sort of like a "prize" for what they've kill.
And a lot of animals like extoci birds went extinct or nearly extinct because women wanted them for fashion purposes.
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Yeah I know about trophy hunting, I just forgot the name of it at the time.
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There are many different mediums that go into taxidermy. You need sewing skills to hide your seams, painting skills to recreate the nose/ears/eyes/beaks, sculpting skills to get the anatomy right, carving skills if you are making your own forms...There is a lot of art that goes into taxidermy, but most people just see that it is a dead animal that's been mounted and dismiss it as quickly.
If you look into the process, you'll find it's a lot more difficult than just putting a hide on a form, and that it is, indeed, an art form all in its own right. C:
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So...? If it's illegal in many countries, it shouldn't be art.
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Where is it illegal? I know certain animals are illegal to have/ship due to conservation or other statuses...but I've NEVER heard it's illegal in a country as a whole.
And no matter what you personally think, it will always be an art.
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The country starts with an n... umm... NETHERLANDS. A person said they can't do it there.
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They probably just need to get the proper licensing. I know a fellow on a forum site from the Netherlands who does amazing with with birds. c:
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Bringing life back into a dead animal is art to me. (Well not bringing a dead animal back to life litteraly but like, restoring it's beauty again after death)
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if sewing is an art, then taxidermy is an art, so uh, yeah heh--
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Well. It's your opinion. After all, art is in the eye of the beholder. I am a taxidermy collector and I think it is art, but I respect your opinion.
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Since when were you the one who decided what is or isn't art?
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You were stating it like a fact.
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well I didn't intend it to be
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Just be more careful about the way you sound next time.
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Yes, it is. If you'd bother to read the description, you'd see why. If you still don't though then there's nothing else to say, really. You're entitled to your opinion regardless how incorrect and insulting it is.
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Like I said, nothing to say to you if you refuse to even write a complete sentence or listen. You're too immature to even debate with; all you can say is "no"? Not sure why you even felt the need to post on here, maybe you were just trying to start drama. Good luck with that and your close-minded ways ^^
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your the one with the closed mind
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really? Tell me how she's being closed minded. Just because you dont like something doesn't mean it's not art
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It's not that I don't like the 'art', it's that it involves killing animals
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I road kill taxidermy....
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well that's fine, but I do admit that some taxidermy does look good
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Yeah if I do buy hunted pelts they were shot for good reason
Population control. Self defense. Live stock defense
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well those things are fine, its disgusting when they were just shot for there skin, (anyway humans are the most overpopulated animal so that argument is irelevant
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there are 3 chickens for every human in the world i believe. and there are like..10 rabbits for one human..
i dunno. i respect your opinion ^v^
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