Taxtiles

Taxtiles is a merge of two words "Textile & Taxidermy" Breaking the boundaries between textile and taxidermy. Experimenting with the techniques used in taxidermy to create bespoke luxury items for the home and office.

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Polecat mlem commission complete and back home 😊 #commission #polecat #floof #art #taxidermy #oddities #curios #mustelid #taxidermist #naturalhistory #cute #vultureculture https://www.instagram.com/p/CqS8jg7K3vY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Thank you @johnmooremuseum for having me this morning to talk about taxidermy, how my business started plus the process of taxidermy itself. I had a great audience they asked me some great questions. 😊 thank you for coming along! #taxidermist #taxidermy #johnmooremuseum #naturalhistory #oddities #curios #wildlife #sculpture #art #artist #stuffed #birds #nature #taxidermyart #taxtiles #presentation #vultureculture (at The John Moore Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqNn-DeqWID/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I’ve been busy working in the background getting commissions prepped and forms made. This is a hare form for the @johnmooremuseum - I’ll be bringing it with me to my taxidermy talk tomorrow at 11am at the Baptist church in Tewkesbury. There’s still time to grab a ticket while you can. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow 😊 #taxidermy #taxidermist #oddities #curios #wildlife #hare #form #wip #naturalhistory #commission #mammal #bindup #nature #vultureculture #taxidermie #stuffed #animal #sculpture #art https://www.instagram.com/p/CqLzfOHKvEH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Changed the foliage on this mink I did for the @johnmooremuseum back in 2020 😊 #foliage #taxidermy #taxidermist #mink #cute #naturalhistory #fur #habitat #taxidermy #taxidermist #oddities #curios #vultureculture #mammaltaxidermy https://www.instagram.com/p/CpddiqFK4PF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Some still photographs of the polecat form I’ve created. Commission work nfs. #polecat #taxidermy #taxidermist #mustelid #gothic #naturalhistory #wip #skull #cool #wildlife #nature https://www.instagram.com/p/Co0TbV9KXDl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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And the stills from the croc restoration! A very large restoration project just complete. This is an antique nile crocodile that needed some well overdue tlc. I completely cleaned it. Fixed the jaw, missing claws, new eyes, sculpted in the missing parts on the top of the head and other parts too, also covered all the seals where there were signs of the stitching. And of course sculpting in the missing teeth and recolouring them. Then the big task of completely recolouring the crocodile again so it looks more realistic to an actual crocodile and not some horrible brown antiquey mummified look. Safe to say he looks much happier and more fierce looking 😊 #crocodile #nilecroc #scaleyboi #taxidermy #restoration #taxidermyrestoration #cool #instasize #naturalhistory #oddities #cool https://www.instagram.com/p/Coxd_8gK7_6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Lovely birds at @cotswoldfalconry today 😍 #bird #wildlife #falconry #notstuffed #nottaxidermy #conservation #birds #raptors #cool #nature https://www.instagram.com/p/CoiENyYKnqp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This cute little finch is complete and ready to return back home 😊 #taxidermy #zebrafinch #taxidermist #taxidermyart #curios #oddities #wildlife #nature #cool #feathers #cute #finch #glassdome #naturalhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CoP2VPWL2nF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Fox commission ready to go back to its owner 😊 #taxidermy #taxidermist #fluff #vulpes#🦊 #fox #oddities #curios #vultureculture #cute #dome #interiors #mammals #wildlife #naturalhistory #gothic #interiors #nature https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnv-n2rKEGD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Some photos of the dunnock commission recently completed in a glass dome 😊 #taxidermy #taxidermist #dunnock #feathers #oddities #curios #vultureculture #cute #dome #interiors #birds #wildlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CnpY06NqWXX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Barn owl commission complete and ready to go back to its owner 😊 Some photos of the dunnock commission recently completed in a glass dome 😊 SSL A10: 624721/01 Microchip no. 933082607280345 #taxidermy #taxidermist #barnowl #tytoalba #🦉 #feathers #oddities #curios #vultureculture #cute #dome #interiors #birds #wildlife #ethicaltaxidermy #gothic #interiors #nature https://www.instagram.com/p/CnmWejNq1C9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Mounted up a fox I’ve been working on for some time. It has a lot of bad slippage so I used a donor fox I keep just for parts to transplant. It’s not perfect but did the trick. The pose the client wanted definitely lenses itself to have this type of work done. Will be posting some Timelapse’s of this huge dog fox 🦊 #taxidermy #taxidermist #oddities #curios #wildlife #nature #fox #🦊 #taxidermyart #commission #naturalhistory #cute #fluffy #foxy #mammal #vultureculture #gothic #stuffed https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm9-MNOKrG8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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We managed to mount up the second cormorant which is a immature female. The size comparison between the massive adult male is insane! There were extra challenges with this cormorant as it had a completely smashed skull. Both cormorants we worked on had some form of broken wings in different areas. Nevertheless, we powered through. This one has hand painted eyes by me as Brad thought the ones I bought were too green 🙈, both are now drying together. Will go on a single base together with some groundwork to make a rather large diorama. That’s the last bird and piece of taxidermy this year now. Till next year. Have a happy new year everyone. Here’s to 2023 🎉🎉😊 Thank you @brdwdwrd for your help. #taxidermy #taxidermist #cormorant #birdtaxidermy #oddities #curios #vulturecture #naturalhistory #feathers #wild #nature #gothic #wunderkammer #stuffed https://www.instagram.com/p/CmzvYKRqFSe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It’s been a full on two days working on some cormorants, what I thought was a juvenile in the freezer ended up being a huge male adult! And its been the biggest bird I’ve mounted in 8 years of doing taxidermy 😂 I’ve also tried out caulking properly when mounting for the first time and it’s made a huge difference in smoothing out the plumage. Thank you @brdwdwrd for your assistance too 😘 you can see the size difference between the juvi and adult that’s a chonk. Got some hilarious shots of the cormorant before it was properly mounted 😂🙈 #art #taxidermy #taxidermist #oddities #cormorant #wip #wild #curios #naturalhistory #feathers #vultureculture #nature #taxidermybirds #birdtaxidermy #woodwool https://www.instagram.com/p/CmuffSgqanG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Photographs of a Songthrush commission I completed recently 😊 #songthrush #taxidermy #taxidermist #oddities #curios #naturalhistory #birds #taxidermyart #gothic https://www.instagram.com/p/CmZRcEfK0JM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I thought some of you might be interested to see the still shots and the clips separated from the timelapse of the fox bind up. It still needs clay work on the face and some parts of the body to show muscle definition. Enjoy 🦊 #fox #taxidermy #taxidermist #artist #oddities #curios #wip #process #taxidermyart #oddities #vultureculture #vulpes #craft #process #naturalhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CmU8REiqTUa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Bullfinch commission I’ve recently completed 😊 loving the snow background ❄️ #bullfinch #feathers #taxidermy #taxidermist #taxidermyart #curios #naturalhistory #cute #gothic #ethicallysourced #vultureculture https://www.instagram.com/p/CmTez27qCWA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=