BIRD TAXIDERMY
 

IN PART 1 OF CALLY MORRIS’ ARTICLE ON MOUNTING a standing Canada goose, he covered the skinning, fleshing, and washing of the goose skin. In part 2 he will demonstrate his procedures for preparing the form and mounting the bird.

As mentioned in Part 1, it was predetermined to mount this goose in a standing pose. It is very important in this final preparation to know how you want to portray your mount so that the feet and leg positions correlate to how you will display the mount in order to obtain correct balance and attitude in the finished piece. This goose will be part of a three-goose composition that Cally is mounting for ...

...Continued in the Spring 2005 Issue of Breakthrough.

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