Some more pictures
I have taken a series of pictures from different moments in the mounting process, and since I dont really have anything better to do with those pictures, I will post them here, on the blogg.
On another note, I am learning html and CSS at the moment, so that I can create a webpage in the future. I might post some of the progress on that here aswell.
Manequin prepared for mounting, with the glass eyes set into the form, and eye shape modelled with clay.
Glue is spread on the manequin, except for around the nose the nose and mouth.
The skin is placed over the manequin in the right position, and fixed with some nails at the back to keep it in place.
The lips are tucked into the manequin. I didn't take any pictures of it, but at this point I position the eyes and eyelids roughly in the right place aswell, before sewing.
Stitching up. The ears have also been put roughly in the right place, but I haven't formed the muscles around the earbase yet. Glue is gradually placed underneath the seam, and the glue we are using can be pushed around underneath the skin to get the glue evenly distributed. The lump on the right side is glue that later will be worked under the seam.
Finished with the stitching.
The remaining skin is tackered onto the back, and I later cut of most of the "extra skin" shown on the picture, about half a centimeter away from the tacks.
At this point I forgot to take pictures of my progress, but at least I remembered to take a picture of the finished mount.
What does the fox say?
Some time in the future I might get a fox as a companion.
Japanese Sika Deer
I have been making a bunch of shoulder mounts recently, but one that was especially interesting for me was a Sika Deer from Japan. This was the first shoulder mount of a deer that I made, and it was a bit funny that it was a japanese one. The mount is actually a pidestal mount, meaning that it will actually stand somewhere in a room (not hanging on a wall. Here's a few pictures.
Some new pictures from work + the Mosel river
It was a long time since I posted any pictures from work, so I thought I would uppload a few shoulder mounts.
This is the most recent head I did, and it is a Black-faced Impala (thursday).
A Nyala I also made this week (monday). The inside skin of the ears were missing completely, aswell as the ear cartilages. Later, when it is dry, some kind of replacement skin will be put on the inside of the ears.
A Water buck.
Thats all the animals for now. Next week I will mount a Sika deer, and when I am done with that I will mount another 5 Bush bocks.
To conclude this blogg post, I will post some none-work-related pictures, from the trip me and my dad did to the Mosel river.
This is a pretty spectacular bridge. I dont remember exactly, but I think this bridge was where the Rhine and Mosel rivers intersect, and that the bridge is crossing the Rhine river.
There were plenty of vineyards along the Mosel, and anywhere you would look you would see the mountainsides covered in grape vines. In this picture I am standing beside one of those machines used to squashing the grapes (an alternative to stomping them with your feet).
A pretty nice picture from the first village we stopped in.
Thats all for now, I will be back later with more pics.
