beautiful dead things

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[the-art-tent]

I'm painting a saiga antelope carcassI feel like I wanna make some changes with the lighting but

[meglyman]

Uh oh I found a new thing I love to paint

It may not be pretty, but it's emotional

[meglyman]

More roadkill paintings!

[meglyman]

Another! *mug smash*

[meglyman]

Can't stop won't stop

[meglyman]

The last partially mummified skull in the yard: done!

[meglyman]

But wait! There's more!

[meglyman]

I'm incapable of stopping

[meglyman]

M O R E

[meglyman]

Ribcage snow

[meglyman]

Just your usual Easter holiday activity

[meglyman]

This bear's ears were eaten off. Less cute now

[pacificremains]

Here's a way to honor the carcasses you can't take home.

[wintercorrybriea2]

bicephalic (two-headed) Song Thrush

[pacificremains]

Look at this weird cougar with giant eye sockets

[pacificremains]

Regular calf and hUge calf

[verysupersilly]

Cat, Catter, Cattest.

Three large domestic cats, one stray and two Maine Coons (the longest measures 12.6 cm).

[silent-november]

[pacificremains]

Armadillo skull with its armor

[blackbackedjackal]

Three male coyote skulls at varying ages. First one was only a few days old, second was about 5-6 months old, and the third is about a year and a half old.

[flesh-rot]

[verysupersilly]

Don't trust collectors who say that nasal turbinates don't matter.

The inside of an animal’s nasal cavity tells us lots of information about the environment it lived in and the family it belongs to. Aggressive treatments such as boiling damage them: anyone who uses those methods to “clean” bones is not a true enthusiast.

In the photo: harp seal, wolverine, striped hyena, cheetah.

[foundways]

Muntjac skull

[muddyswirls]

[pacificremains]

The moss likes what it likes

[nabsthevulture]

Holy moly! How do you clean gravewax off in such large quantities?

I use a mixture of wax carving tools, tweezers, and 'dental' tools. They're very handy for scraping without damaging the bone and picking wax out of little nooks. It also helps to scrub them with a tooth brush and dawn under warm/hot water afterwards. Just be careful that nothing goes down the drain.

Here are the links to the tools/type I use:

Wax Carving Tools

Tweezer Set

Dental Tools

I've had these all in my kit for the longest time, I use them for a bunch of different stuff. My favorite tool is the spatula in the wax carving tool kit, I use it for braining skulls.

[seabeck]

Neat skull I found today. 99% sure it’s domestic cat given the tooth behind the canine. Very fragile, needs paraloid b72.

[flesh-rot]