Imagine if a state legislature voted to “repurpose” a famous painting in an art museum to make it more relevant for the twenty-first century. Perhaps something like updating “American Gothic” by painting over it to include iPhones? You can bet that the press would be all over it with righteous indignation. Yet for the past […]
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The 2014 UTA Expo & Competition
Even though I consider myself to be well-travelled, I had never been to North Platte, Nebraska until last week, when I attended the second biannual United Taxidermists Association Expo and Competition as the show photographer. The UTA officers put on a great show, which was well run, and lots of fun for participants. Show organizers […]
50 Years of Louis Paul Jonas’ Dinosaurs
50 Years Ago, I got hooked on re-creations.
The Donnie C Memorial Plaque
Two days before Christmas, I logged into the Taxidermy.Net Forum and was met with horrible news. One of our own—a popular, happy, helpful, generous member from Texas—had lost his life in a tragic house fire. I immediately went to Donnie Collier’s account activity and saw where only a few hours before, he had been hanging […]
Shipping Charge Misconceptions
There are several recurring topics on the Taxidermy.Net Forum which continue to come around again and again as predictable as the seasons. When there is nothing to argue about on the direction of the NTA, the existence of bigfoot, the merits of tanning vs. whatever, or if Bondo is an adhesive, the topic of the […]