Diamond Dust Taxidermy and Art L.L.C.

Diamond Dust Taxidermy and Art L.L.C. Diamond Dust Taxidermy and Art specializes in high quality mammal taxidermy. HOURS ARE BY APPOINTMENT My name is Katie Crowley and I’m an artist and taxidermist.

I live in beautiful Duluth, MN, nestled between Lake Superior and the north woods. I have a BA in Art with an emphasis in sculpture from Minnesota State University Moorhead. During a model making internship with the Smithsonian, I worked on displays in the National Museum of Natural History and other Smithsonian museums. I also craft gut strings for instruments such as violins, but my core passion

s are taxidermy, painting, and sculpture. In addition to creating artwork, I focus on game head and life size mammal mounts and am happy to meet your taxidermy needs in these areas. I completed game head and small mammal mounting courses at The American Institute of Taxidermy and trained on deer heads with the talented Jim Willard. I’m also a member of the Minnesota Taxidermy Guild, Wisconsin Taxidermists Association, and United Taxidermists Association. For me, taxidermy is about preserving the beauty of an animal, and I’m passionate about doing that from the overall impression and personality down to the small details. Each mount is a work of art, from a simple, rustic antler mount to a complex, full body mount with habitat. All of my work is inspired by nature, and I spend time studying north woods flora, fauna, and landscapes to ensure that my depictions of them are accurate. If I’m not working in my shop, you will probably find me somewhere out in the woods peering at plants, looking for wildlife, or just enjoying the scenery.

Moose antler mount finished up, they're quite a project! Trying to get some nicer photos.
07/05/2025

Moose antler mount finished up, they're quite a project! Trying to get some nicer photos.

I decided to let the business website expire since the price to renew kept going up and I need to keep overhead down. He...
11/30/2024

I decided to let the business website expire since the price to renew kept going up and I need to keep overhead down. Heat and insurance are already expensive enough! So sadly diamonddusttaxidermy.com is no more and I'm sure it will cost me business this year. I wasn't able to update the site myself (web designer had the password and I would have to learn WordPress) and everything on there was outdated from 2019 anyway. I'm going to try some free websites and see if I can find something that isn't too terrible. This also means that the old email address no longer works, so please don't try to email [email protected]. The new email address is [email protected]. Phone/text is still 701-361-2723. I'm trying to update the business address on google but so far they haven't allowed me to update, even after sending a verification video in. Thanks everyone! Hope you're having a successful hunting season, or at least enjoying time outdoors with friends and family. I just got my first Wisconsin deer on Wednesday, it was a fun hunt in the north woods!

Hello everyone, just a yearly update. I'm taking antler mounts and skull cleaning this fall, same as the last few years....
10/30/2024

Hello everyone, just a yearly update. I'm taking antler mounts and skull cleaning this fall, same as the last few years. Hoping to find some time to learn bird taxidermy and offer more services again eventually. I'm located in Poplar, WI and have been unable to update my business address on google. They required video verification but I work out of a shed in my back yard and apparently my video wasn't good enough! So please don't go to the address shown on google, I haven't lived there for many years. I need to update the website too but my web designer has disappeared and she has the password. Prices on the website are very outdated from around 2019 so please get in touch for updated prices. Thanks and happy hunting!

Hi all, I'm somewhat moved out to Poplar and still in the process of getting my shop moved. I had the workshop building ...
09/25/2023

Hi all, I'm somewhat moved out to Poplar and still in the process of getting my shop moved. I had the workshop building brought out a couple weeks ago and am slowly getting everything set up again. I'm taking skull and antler mounts this fall. Deer skulls are $200 this year. The good news is I can now take your Wisconsin deer heads for skull cleaning! For my Minnesota customers, drop off in Duluth is still ok too.

03/11/2023

Hello all, I'm going to be on hiatus for a little while (more than I already was). I just moved out to Poplar, WI from Duluth and need to get the business switched over from MN to WI. And move my entire shed workshop building out here once things thaw out and dry out. I've got commercial zoning on the home out here so hoping that's a good first step to getting up and running again without the restrictions I had in the city. I want to do taxidermy so badly, it's my passion, but between work, health problems, and things going on in life, it's been an uphill battle. Hoping to get to the point where I can start taking birds and small mammals in addition to skulls and antler mounts. I'll keep you all posted, even if it takes a while.

I've been trying to come up with an antler mount that can be finished a little more quickly so I can charge less. The pr...
10/08/2022

I've been trying to come up with an antler mount that can be finished a little more quickly so I can charge less. The process didn't end up quite a fast as I wanted, but I'm now offering these rock texture antler mounts for $160 for whitetail or mule deer. I can do either a state imprint or deer track imprint, or can try custom shapes at customer request (might cost extra). It only works for states with distinctive shapes obviously! Minnesota and Wisconsin both look good. I put this one on a walnut panel but they look good on natural barn wood and dark oak too.

Sorry for the lack of updates, super busy! I've been contacted by several people now about a fraudulent job listing that...
12/13/2021

Sorry for the lack of updates, super busy! I've been contacted by several people now about a fraudulent job listing that says I'm hiring. Please don't put your personal info into any of these sites! I'll see if I can figure out how to report the listings and have them removed. My shop is at home and city zoning won't allow any employees that aren't immediate family living in the household, so I couldn't hire even if I wanted to.

I'm stuck at home waiting on the results of a covid-19 test, but managed to find some photos of work from the previous y...
08/16/2020

I'm stuck at home waiting on the results of a covid-19 test, but managed to find some photos of work from the previous year that I never posted! This customer liked the look of the moose antler mount I did, and wanted his deer antlers mounted the same way. It's done with grey velvet fabric, matching grey rope trim, and a simulated weathered wood panel. I strive to make some of the best quality antler mounts you'll find, so let me know if you have some antlers you'd like mounted!

01/28/2019

Hi all, the [email protected] email address isn't working right at the moment. It's connected to my website and sends the emails to my personal gmail account so I can read them, but the emails aren't getting through to the gmail account for some reason. You can email ashensilverfox at gmail dot com if you need to reach me. Or call and leave a voicemail (I work weekdays and can't answer during the day but will get back to you as soon as I can). Thanks! I may need to set up a gmail account just for the business if this issue can't be fixed.

Antler mount with grassy pattern camo on a walnut arrowhead panel.
12/09/2018

Antler mount with grassy pattern camo on a walnut arrowhead panel.

Pretty little albino whitetail doe. Last tanned mount to finish up, now I can start experimenting with alternatives to t...
08/18/2018

Pretty little albino whitetail doe. Last tanned mount to finish up, now I can start experimenting with alternatives to tanning. Older mount from a couple years ago, didn't get a deposit so have been slowly puttering away at it, hope the customer will pick it up! I'm not sure what to call this pose; there's a similar one called "curious alert."

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PO Box 11
Poplar, WI
54864

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