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UP FOR ADOPTION ~ The only thing better than a puppy under a Christmas tree is a unicorn under a Christmas tree. This is one of my early pieces that formerly resided in my personal collection. To free up space I recently sent it to a gallery to find it a new home. It’s priced what it would have sold for back when I first made it, thus it’s less expensive than my more recent works. This creates a unique opportunity for collectors working within a budget. Even better, this piece is also on sale right now through December 24th. Interested parties please contact Lovetts Gallery in Tulsa. Link here for pricing and to view all pieces I currently have available. Continue reading about this piece below.

TITLE: Zell’s Baby DIMENSIONS: 20”x 22"x 9” MATERIALS: Stillborn lamb, deer antler, handmade leather Celtic collar

This taxidermy sculpture is dedicated to a man named Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, a breeder of living unicorns. You read that right. They really do exist. He even owns a patent on them. If a real unicorn isn’t weird enough as it is, the process by which he created his man-made animals is even weirder. The single horn wasn’t achieved through selective breeding as you might be tempted to think. Truth is stranger than fiction, folks. I guarantee it will be worth your effort to visit this URL and read the interview with him and see photos of his babies. When you do, don’t forget to click on the link that the interview provides to his patent diagrams. They will having you leaning in for a closer look and scratching your chin. http://www.sideshowworld.com/9-ms-pi/interview-OZ.html...

When I was a small child I actually got to see one of his unicorns at the Renaissance Festival and even got to touch its horn. The experience was absolutely magical and made such an impression on me that it has stayed with me for my entire life. This taxidermy sculpture is a re-creation of that particular animal based on my childhood memories of it.

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#wip working on the banner that will go with me to all of my art shows. This is the biggest piece that I have done to date, and I am pretty damn happy about it. There will be a speed paint / chat on the YouTube channel when this piece is finished #artist #artistsoninstagram #banner #freakshow #sideshowgaff #gaff #sphynx #cat #pink #blue #mercury #workflow #progress #girlboss #diy

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Mummified unicorn fetuses just added to the site! We have a limited supply of these magical creatures! Visit www.bazaarbaltimore.com to purchase! . . . #bazaarbaltimore #unicornfetus #unicorn #gaff #sideshow #sideshowgaff #mummified #oddities (at Bazaar)

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Throwback Thursday ~ I know I have a few protégés and fans among the followers of this blog, so this post is for you guys: This is the very first taxidermy mount I ever did, way back in 1999-2000. I was never terribly interested in creating normal mounts and dove headfirst into primarily anomalies of nature and cryptozoological creations right out of the gate. I'm self-taught and have had no formal instruction in the realm of taxidermy. 16 years ago I bought myself two VHS tapes, one on how to mount a squirrel, and one on how to mount a pheasant. I learned a lot through trial and error, but practice makes perfect. The rest is history. Following in the tradition of bars tacking the first dollar they earn to their walls, I have hung onto this mount and proudly display him in my parlor. He may not be the most anatomically precise squirrel you've ever seen, but he's seamlessly spliced. Even after all of these years I still have to say he's not half bad, especially for a first attempt. Some people naturally excel at math, or pick up second languages effortlessly, others are born with an innate artistic ability and can draw or paint without training. The very first time I tried my hand at taxidermy I discovered I had an aptitude for creating imaginary creatures that looked alive even though they had never walked the Earth. I can still remember the trepidatious knot in my stomach and how my hands were shaking when I picked up that scalpel with these two squirrels lying on the workbench in front of me…. but at that moment, I already knew I had found my calling in life.

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"And For My Next Trick..." A piece I did in 2013. It was a caricature of another monkey piece I did several years earlier. This piece was a satirical response to a legal case I was involved in where a large corporation stole the image of the monkey piece that this piece was based on. Much to their surprise I hired a lawyer. The corporation settled out of court and hopefully learned not to assume the intellectual property of lowly little artists can be exploited without consequence.