Victorian Taxidermy Museum Display

This is my latest Arcane project.
I cannot afford a real Victorian museum display from 1800's Britain, as they are rare and can auction for hundreds, even thousands of dollars.
Instead I decided to craft one myself.
The total cost was less than $120!
Created with:
- Dead tree bark / branch: Scavenged from local park.
- Old brass tray from India: Garage Sale
- Roll of artificial moss: Walmart.
- Taxidermy bats from Java, Indonesia: Online Auction
- Reproduction Victorian tiffany terrarium: Online Auction

Screaming (Saber Tooth) Skulls

Many Moons ago I thought about what an epic addition a Saber Tooth Cat Skull would be to my Victorian / Steam Punk themed curio collection. Alas, I could never afford a real fossil (2.5 Mil to 10,000 Yrs) skull until I stumbled upon a company who made life sized, quality molds of various Pleistocene age fossils. They are used for study in major colleges, universities and to be displayed in museums or private collections. These anchient mammal bones are extracted from the La Brea Tar Pits in California. When it arrived in the mail the only dissappointment was that the impressive skull was all one colour white. I proceeded to hand paint it to depict contrast between the softer bone and the enamel teeth as an original fossil would appear.

Narwhal Tusk next?

Stained Glass Is Nice But Bats Are Better

I could have hanged some 'fancy schmancy' stained glass in the window but Bats are better ... don't you think ?

Alternative Taxidermy

Mouse skull spheres, by Alastair Mackie.

Art + Taxidermy = EPICNESS! More photos after the jump.

[Link to article & photos]

[via Don't Panic]