Updated Bio/Show History

Finally!!!

Now to get the website up…… *slaps self in face*

(So as to not waste your time-here’s a cute film still from an upcoming taxidermy project to be announced soon!!)

Almost there…..!!!

Whew!!!
It took 4 layers of careful trimming and textural blending to fade the fox, skunk, and bear furs together!
For the chin I added some curled black bear fur with individual skunk tail hairs blended in for the salt-n-pepper look. After the bondo sets I’ll be able to attach the ear fur (also blended fox/bear) and paint the lower lip. A few spot checks, some last minute mount adjustments, and probably a few deep sighs of relief and this amazing specimen will be complete!!!

More Updates on the Were-Fox head

It’s almost finished!!!

Blending fox pelt with scrap skunk hide

Next comes ears, lower jaw fur, and curling the whiskers!

Hard to believe this was just a lowly, tattered, discarded fox fur “scrap”; virtually EVERYTHING here has been sculpted to work around the damage and bring the face back-to-life. The nose, jaws, skull/head, eyes, tongue, and of course teeth were all sculpted with special polymer and epoxy clay then painted with acrylics …*whew*!

Here’s some humble beginning shots…

Upcoming Rogue Taxidermy <3 (warning: Sculpted Guts)

Vulture-full view

Vulture Sculpt Completed and ready to open gallery 423West!

Titled “In Death there is My Life” (large banner on vulture reads “In morte vita est mea” which is classical Latin for the piece’s title.)
Measures approx 24″x12″x7″, material list: Polymer/Epoxy clay sculpt, glass eyes, metal skeleton, charred wood base, rooster feathers.

Makes it’s debut Oct 20th at Gallery 423 West in Los Angeles, Ca.

Here’s a high-contrast clip/teaser

New taxidermic/hybrid work in progress…”Vulture Study”, and completed Skunk + Snabbit creatures too <3

Wow.
I’ve been BUSY!
Here are some images of both a faux-vulture taxidermic/sculpture work-in-progress (for Gallery 423 in LA) and my first two completed taxidermy hybrids for public sale. (By public I mean they are not designed for a gallery or event.)
This vulture is completely hand-made and is essentially a “replica”…the feathers are from roadkill chickens I’ve collected, and all other details are sculpted by your truly from reference photos and my own dreams.
Below that is my dapper skunk bust (titled “Mr. Hide”),  and my mini diorama rabbit mount..the “Rare Pacific Sea Snabbit”…again, entirely hand sculpted with the exception of a small rabbit skin. Both the skunk and rabbit are available in my etsy shop HERE

I’d like to point out quickly that I do not use forms, so beneath the skin of these mounts are my own sculpted polymer bodies, all one-of-a-kind and all subjects of my own twisted imagination.

*No animals were harmed to make this work*

Enjoy!

“Dinoplasty” progress……another taxidermic -sculptural hybrid ;)

Round-the-clock on this one   … And still so much more to go!

*whew*

Stay tuned!

Television Bound?

Perhaps.

I’m in the running to be a contestant on a taxidermy competition show on major network TV! I will post as I find out the details, but I have a feeling this is going to be BIG! 

Here’s some fun images of recent past work, have a look and get ready for the next stage of “the art of Emi Slade’s” artistic evolution!