Gustavson Taxidermy Studio

04/28/2025

Nice sunny day to scrub some bones. This one’s a cat skeleton.

01/23/2025

01/18/2025

Cat skull finished

01/17/2025

Cat fur piece trimmed and framed today! The fur piece is soft tanned and removable from the frame. This order will be going with a full skeleton bone box that I am currently working on.

01/17/2025

Tanning a cat skin the past week. It just had a rinse to get the excess tanning oil off so it is still wet. I then break it as it dries, and I do a final tumbling in borax to clean and fluff the fur. This fur patch will be framed for the customer

01/14/2025

Been cleaning a few skulls and skeletons lately. Running out of room in my small indoor setup, I can only do one at a time. Making an insulated tub so I can move it outdoors to expand and not have my water heaters freeze. Stinky! (Good thing it only smells up my room when I’m changing the water)

01/14/2025

Had to degrease and whiten this cat skull twice! It was missing a few of the front teeth so I’m making some replicas for it.

11/29/2024

Cat skull scrubbed and heading into degreaser

09/16/2024

Cleaning a cat skull this weekend

05/19/2024

Poodle finish work done and final grooming finished! Toby is ready to return to his owners! RIP little guy!

05/19/2024

Finish work on poodle. Filled in his eyelids with apoxie sculpt and painted them, painted nose and paw pads, then put a matte sealer/gloss over the eyes, nose, and paw pad.