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Taxidermy work by Tom Hoogesteger.
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16/05/2024

This is something I don't think I will ever get another chance to work on in my taxidermy career : A wild red fox with albinism! This was a beautiful, adult female from southern Finland. I hope I did her justice, and I hope the client is happy!

10/08/2023

I haven't posted in a while, as I have been busy with herpetological fieldwork this summer, but I just packed this little piece of taxidermy to be delivered to the client in Hungary.
This very pretty ermine (Mustela erminea) is on its way to the client in Hungary, and is actually being transported and delivered to the client by Her Excellency the Ambassador of Hungary herself! Not bad!
I am now on my way to the Åland islands for a couple more weeks, to collect some more reptile data. But soon I will be back to business, in a new workshop!
Stay tuned!

11/04/2023

This was a fun project. The customer wanted his deceased yellow ratsnake mounted around this iron cross. It was bit of a challenge to figure out a way to make the body coiled around the cross, but in the end this combination of carving and foam-pouring worked pretty well.
I have never worked on this species before, and I don't know how much the colours will fade during drying, but we will see. Now it needs to dry a week or two before the finishing work.
I hope you all have had a great Easter!

08/01/2023

Some reptile taxidermy in the making. This will be fun!

02/01/2023

Here is the outcome, a gorgeous Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis), mounted on the form I posted before Christmas. Also this time I only had a dry tanned skin with no measurements other than the skin itself, so I altered a commercial form to fit the measurements of the skin.
The skin was not very good, lips and eyelids were missing, ears and toes left unskinned, but I think it turned out pretty nice for what it was.
It still needs a base and a lot of finishing work to be done, eyelids need to be sculpted after it has completely dried. I will post more pics when it is ready.
I hope you all have had a great Christmas and I wish you all a happy 2023!

23/12/2022

Stay tuned, people! This will be something very cool.

14/09/2022

Kärppä (Mustela erminea).
Stoat (Mustela erminea)

28/02/2022

Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis).
This chubby female skunk was one of Finland's last pet skunks, as the import and breeding of the species is now prohibited due to our invasive alien species legislation.

04/01/2022

Tässä vuoden 2022 ensimmäinen valmis täyttötyö: kyy (Vipera berus).

The first finished taxidermy piece of the year is this little adder (Vipera berus).

05/12/2021

This gorgeous cat is a young Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis).

02/11/2021

Tämä liikenteen tappama kyy (Vipera berus) saa uuden elämän museon dioraamassa.

This road killed adder (Vipera berus) will have a new life in a museum exhibition.

03/10/2021

Iso urosminkki (Neovison vison).
Big male mink (Neovison vison).

02/10/2021

This male fox had his chest almost completely blown away by a rifle bullet. I was able to sew it together pretty nicely, but some misalignment of the skin can be seen above the left front leg. For what it was, I'm pretty happy with the outcome, and I hope the client is too.

23/09/2021

Metsän herkkuja Suomen luonnosta!

Today's delicacies from the Finnish forest!

20/08/2021

This is my first try on a house cat, and actually the first feline fullmount I have ever done. I wrapped the body from woodwool, and cast the head and ears. For the eyes I used bobcat eyes from Tohickon.

17/03/2021

Here is a little adder (Vipera berus), that I did for an exhibition. The animal was road-killed and had some damages in his skin, but I was able to cover them up pretty nicely. I carved the body and head from urethane foam.

28/02/2021

Lynx rug

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