I’m trying to find certain products to make a craft version of a taxidermy wolf; a pup and an adult. However i have trouble looking for stuff on the internet. Here are the things i need to know:
1. What should i use to make the maniquenne, and where can i find the supplies needed?
2. Would Faux Fur work?
I originally thought about using wood and closed-cell foam for the maniquinne, and the faux fur makes it animal friendly. what do y’all think about what i’m asking?
I forgot to add some details details to my question. I’ve been to numerous sites about my question, but they weren’t able to help me out on the model.
I’m trying to make the model from scratch, that way it’s more valuable to me than buying a premade model from a taxidermy store.
Van Dykes taxidermy has the body forms, glass eyes and all that other stuff. Fake fur will work as well as the quality of the fake fur. Really nice soft fake fur will work better than that scratchy carnival stuffed animal junk!
Good Luck!!
Van Dykes taxidermy has the body forms, glass eyes and all that other stuff. Fake fur will work as well as the quality of the fake fur. Really nice soft fake fur will work better than that scratchy carnival stuffed animal junk!
Good Luck!!
References :
http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/
It’s probably not quite what you would want for a living room but I think Sally Matthew makes great animal sculptures, frequently of wolves and she has used unconventional materials like twigs mud, hay, cement or sheep wool to make those. You might have a look around her website to get some ideas:
http://www.sallymatthews.co.uk/3wolf.html
http://www.sallymatthews.co.uk/text.html
I would not try to make a copy of a wolf which you would want to cuddle up with but a sculpture which looks and feels like a wolf, even though if you go and look close up it will not have every hair in place. Art is not about the faithful reproduction of the detail, but to evoke the feeling and idea of the whole, even if the material and concept used are fairly different.
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