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Taxtiles is a merge of two words
"Textile & Taxidermy". Breaking the boundaries between textile and taxidermy. Experimenting with the techniques used in taxidermy to create bespoke luxury items for the home and business. Hand crafted in the UK.

White Faced Scops Owl

Hover over taxidermy - white faced scops owl

Taxidermy

Bespoke work in mammals, game heads, birds, entomology, restoration and recasing services.
Ethically sourced.

Blue Squirrel

hover over blue squirrel

Sculpture

Textile Taxidermy, also known as "vegan taxidermy or "fauxdermy". Uses techniques from taxidermy but uses no animal or bird product.

Embroidered Hare Close up

hover over red hare embroidery

Embroidery

Unique embroidered pieces,
tailored to you.

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Lots of deer skull commissions sorted. I had one that smashed into a million pieces I needed to piece back together or sculpt missing parts. That’s the 1st skull. Then the second skull cap I recoloured the antlers and sculpted the ends back in as they got chewed by a dog. And the last one was mounting the deer skull onto a shield. All ready to go back to different customers.

Getting there with catching up.

#deerskull #taxidermy #skulls #repairwork

Lots of deer skull commissions sorted. I had one that smashed into a million pieces I needed to piece back together or sculpt missing parts. That’s the 1st skull. Then the second skull cap I recoloured the antlers and sculpted the ends back in as they got chewed by a dog. And the last one was mounting the deer skull onto a shield. All ready to go back to different customers.

Getting there with catching up.

#deerskull #taxidermy #skulls #repairwork

It was great to visit @rawumberstudios
They bought the young rook off me that I mounted for my taxidermy bird demonstration back in the summer. The bird will be used to paint during their still life sessions, which I think is great.

It was great to visit @rawumberstudios
They bought the young rook off me that I mounted for my taxidermy bird demonstration back in the summer. The bird will be used to paint during their still life sessions, which I think is great.

I have merch folks! If you want your own Taxtiles shirt, hoodie, bag or even mug. Head to my bio link tree and choose the button MERCH.

I have merch folks! If you want your own Taxtiles shirt, hoodie, bag or even mug. Head to my bio link tree and choose the button MERCH.

All set up ready at Lansdown Hall in Stroud. Open 11-5pm free entry, happy Halloween 🎃

#taxidermy #naturalhistory

All set up ready at Lansdown Hall in Stroud. Open 11-5pm free entry, happy Halloween 🎃

#taxidermy #naturalhistory

[SOLD] Unusual European badger pelt has become available. I don’t usually get pelts like this become available often. Has been processed to be a soft tan (as soft as you can get a badger pelt). This is a roadkill badger that I picked up myself locally. Please see the couple of minor imperfections in the photos near the nose and stitched up the damage where it was hit by a car near the nose. Can be a displayed as is, or a soft mount project or used to mounted traditionally. Last photo is the badger before I processed it.

#badger #roadkill #pelt

[SOLD] Unusual European badger pelt has become available. I don’t usually get pelts like this become available often. Has been processed to be a soft tan (as soft as you can get a badger pelt). This is a roadkill badger that I picked up myself locally. Please see the couple of minor imperfections in the photos near the nose and stitched up the damage where it was hit by a car near the nose. Can be a displayed as is, or a soft mount project or used to mounted traditionally. Last photo is the badger before I processed it.

#badger #roadkill #pelt

Something a little different. I was asked to create a replica brown long eared bat as part of training bat conservators/ecologists. As licensing to hold and possess native UK bats is very strict and difficult to obtain. I was asked to make a replica version of it. It’s was much more difficult to create a replica than to preserve a real bat, as you’re starting from literally nothing, to creating an armature, sculpting, making sure it’s the right size etc etc. it was a tough one. And this one had a tight turnaround, needed to be durable as it would be handled to hang in different places during training exercises. It’s certainly been a learning curve for me. I’m glad I’ve given it a go as it’s something I’ve wanted to branch into replica bats.

This bat is entirely synthetic and there are no bat remains or parts in this piece.

If you’re wanting to see my process on how I made this, please comment below. And I’ll see if I can make a reel or post showing behind the scenes.

This bat is ever so slightly bigger than a real brown long eared bat because of the sculpting methods I used and the fact it needed to be durable for handling.

#replicataxidermy #fauxbat #brownlongeared

Something a little different. I was asked to create a replica brown long eared bat as part of training bat conservators/ecologists. As licensing to hold and possess native UK bats is very strict and difficult to obtain. I was asked to make a replica version of it. It’s was much more difficult to create a replica than to preserve a real bat, as you’re starting from literally nothing, to creating an armature, sculpting, making sure it’s the right size etc etc. it was a tough one. And this one had a tight turnaround, needed to be durable as it would be handled to hang in different places during training exercises. It’s certainly been a learning curve for me. I’m glad I’ve given it a go as it’s something I’ve wanted to branch into replica bats.

This bat is entirely synthetic and there are no bat remains or parts in this piece.

If you’re wanting to see my process on how I made this, please comment below. And I’ll see if I can make a reel or post showing behind the scenes.

This bat is ever so slightly bigger than a real brown long eared bat because of the sculpting methods I used and the fact it needed to be durable for handling.

#replicataxidermy #fauxbat #brownlongeared

Some recent commission work completed. I’m still playing catch up folks. Trying my best to get what I can done everyday. Any Christmas commissions are out of the question now I’m afraid. Got way too much to get through. Commissions are open for completion March next year. If you want something done, please get in touch in the new year and we can get you booked in.

Some recent commission work completed. I’m still playing catch up folks. Trying my best to get what I can done everyday. Any Christmas commissions are out of the question now I’m afraid. Got way too much to get through. Commissions are open for completion March next year. If you want something done, please get in touch in the new year and we can get you booked in.

A trio of game birds that are now all mounted together. A grey partridge, snipe and woodcock. With autumnal groundwork to eventually go into a case. Commission work not for sale.

#taxidermy #woodcock #greypartridge #snipe

A trio of game birds that are now all mounted together. A grey partridge, snipe and woodcock. With autumnal groundwork to eventually go into a case. Commission work not for sale.

#taxidermy #woodcock #greypartridge #snipe

Very unusual leucistic red legged partridge complete and ready to go back to the customer.

If you’re waiting for a piece off me, please bare with me. I am behind and can only apologise for the wait. I’m trying my best to catch up, there is only one of me.

#redleggedpartridge #partridge #taxidermy

Very unusual leucistic red legged partridge complete and ready to go back to the customer.

If you’re waiting for a piece off me, please bare with me. I am behind and can only apologise for the wait. I’m trying my best to catch up, there is only one of me.

#redleggedpartridge #partridge #taxidermy

I went to little Dean jail over the weekend. Haven’t been for a very long time. I feel like there’s more stuff about celebrities. Not really much information about the jail itself. More about this guys mad weird collection of stuff. I guess controversy brings in the people to come here rather than the jail. Very peculiar.

I went to little Dean jail over the weekend. Haven’t been for a very long time. I feel like there’s more stuff about celebrities. Not really much information about the jail itself. More about this guys mad weird collection of stuff. I guess controversy brings in the people to come here rather than the jail. Very peculiar.

Finally delighted to tell you my taxidermy crows are in The Reluctant Vampire shown on BBC1 Series 1 Episode 4. 27:06 I preserved these crows a year ago for the show as props to then have some visual effects added over the top and used as they are. The cloak and hat on the crows was added on for the show. It’s so nice to see my work to be used like this.
Also want to add the filming is also located at Woodchester Mansion which is very close to where I live. It’s great that it’s so local. And they have real life lesser and greater horseshoe bats roosting in the mansion.

Also if you have enquired about my beginner taxidermy courses, I will be in touch early next week with further details, rest assured I will go down the list as a first come first serve basis.

Finally delighted to tell you my taxidermy crows are in The Reluctant Vampire shown on BBC1 Series 1 Episode 4. 27:06 I preserved these crows a year ago for the show as props to then have some visual effects added over the top and used as they are. The cloak and hat on the crows was added on for the show. It’s so nice to see my work to be used like this.
Also want to add the filming is also located at Woodchester Mansion which is very close to where I live. It’s great that it’s so local. And they have real life lesser and greater horseshoe bats roosting in the mansion.

Also if you have enquired about my beginner taxidermy courses, I will be in touch early next week with further details, rest assured I will go down the list as a first come first serve basis.

Curvier’s Dwarf Caiman I’ve recently mounted for a private customer. I mould and casted this croc back in 2021 with @carlchurchbird and had resin casts of this croc. However, this is a skin on mount which means the real skin of the croc is used here. I ended up making a wood wool form like the rest of my work as I had a hard time casting with the foam I had in stock in my workshop. The head is cast as it’s gone back to @the_beautiful_deceased for the entire skeleton to be articulated. This has also been painted as the skin faded once mounted and needed the colour to go back into the piece, to make it as life like as possible. The eyes came from @taxidermy.by and they’re made of acrylic. I’ll be doing a longer video showing some of the process very soon.

#taxidermy #curviersdwarfcaiman #reptiletaxidermy #croc #🐊

Curvier’s Dwarf Caiman I’ve recently mounted for a private customer. I mould and casted this croc back in 2021 with @carlchurchbird and had resin casts of this croc. However, this is a skin on mount which means the real skin of the croc is used here. I ended up making a wood wool form like the rest of my work as I had a hard time casting with the foam I had in stock in my workshop. The head is cast as it’s gone back to @the_beautiful_deceased for the entire skeleton to be articulated. This has also been painted as the skin faded once mounted and needed the colour to go back into the piece, to make it as life like as possible. The eyes came from @taxidermy.by and they’re made of acrylic. I’ll be doing a longer video showing some of the process very soon.

#taxidermy #curviersdwarfcaiman #reptiletaxidermy #croc #🐊

Cute hare recently gone to @the_herbert_cov handling collection. This was a big hare found locally near Cirencester. Now forever immortalised.

If you’re currently waiting for a commission off me this month, please bear with me. I am still catching up and unfortunately have been ill. Being self employed means you don’t get sick days. I am slowly over the worst of it now but it has really knocked me back. Don’t usually get sick.

#taxidermy #hare

Cute hare recently gone to @the_herbert_cov handling collection. This was a big hare found locally near Cirencester. Now forever immortalised.

If you’re currently waiting for a commission off me this month, please bear with me. I am still catching up and unfortunately have been ill. Being self employed means you don’t get sick days. I am slowly over the worst of it now but it has really knocked me back. Don’t usually get sick.

#taxidermy #hare

Sweet fox found already dead in someone’s garden, suspected infection from a toe on his paw. Now forever immortalised at the @the_herbert_cov as part of their handling collection. Soon to be on display in the next weeks.

#fox #taxidermy #🦊 #naturalhistory

Sweet fox found already dead in someone’s garden, suspected infection from a toe on his paw. Now forever immortalised at the @the_herbert_cov as part of their handling collection. Soon to be on display in the next weeks.

#fox #taxidermy #🦊 #naturalhistory

Way back in 2018 I got this Curvier’s Dwarf Caiman from @the_beautiful_deceased I then did a moulding and casting course with @carlchurchbird in 2021 and we did a mould and cast many copies of this croc. Fast forward to today, I have finally mounted the skin onto a woodwool foam. I was originally going to use the mould and use foam, but after 5-6 failed attempts, I went back to my woodwool and created a form using a cast resin copy of the croc as reference. The head was cast in resin as the remaining skeleton will be articulated back with @the_beautiful_deceased Croc heads are fused with the skin and can’t be skinned out like a bird or mammal, hence the resin cast head. Then once the skin was mounted and sewn into place, I used apoxie sculpt to disguise the seam underneath and airbrushed the croc, as well as hand painting the finishing touches, to get that realistic feel. It is now part of a private collection of a customers who commissioned me the skin on mount.
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#croc #taxidermy #reptiles

Way back in 2018 I got this Curvier’s Dwarf Caiman from @the_beautiful_deceased I then did a moulding and casting course with @carlchurchbird in 2021 and we did a mould and cast many copies of this croc. Fast forward to today, I have finally mounted the skin onto a woodwool foam. I was originally going to use the mould and use foam, but after 5-6 failed attempts, I went back to my woodwool and created a form using a cast resin copy of the croc as reference. The head was cast in resin as the remaining skeleton will be articulated back with @the_beautiful_deceased Croc heads are fused with the skin and can’t be skinned out like a bird or mammal, hence the resin cast head. Then once the skin was mounted and sewn into place, I used apoxie sculpt to disguise the seam underneath and airbrushed the croc, as well as hand painting the finishing touches, to get that realistic feel. It is now part of a private collection of a customers who commissioned me the skin on mount.
🐊
#croc #taxidermy #reptiles

Here’s some of the process of mounting a hare for @the_herbert_cov as part of their handling collection. Should be on display in the next couple of weeks. Hope you enjoy my short video on some of the process of hare taxidermy.

#hare #taxidermy #naturalhistory

Here’s some of the process of mounting a hare for @the_herbert_cov as part of their handling collection. Should be on display in the next couple of weeks. Hope you enjoy my short video on some of the process of hare taxidermy.

#hare #taxidermy #naturalhistory

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A lovely red fox I’ve recently finished. This fox was sadly found in someone’s back garden already dead. We reckon it died of an infection coming from one of its toes. This fox will eventually be a handling specimen for Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry. @the_herbert_cov There are wires coming out of the legs as it’ll be secured in place.

#taxidermy #fox #naturalhistory

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A lovely red fox I’ve recently finished. This fox was sadly found in someone’s back garden already dead. We reckon it died of an infection coming from one of its toes. This fox will eventually be a handling specimen for Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry. @the_herbert_cov There are wires coming out of the legs as it’ll be secured in place.

#taxidermy #fox #naturalhistory

Cute little female stoat all finished up now at The @johnmooremuseum
Found in Hazleton in Gloucestershire. The person who gifted this stoat to the museum made a kind donation to the museum have it preserved.

Cute little female stoat all finished up now at The @johnmooremuseum
Found in Hazleton in Gloucestershire. The person who gifted this stoat to the museum made a kind donation to the museum have it preserved.

Cute little male red squirrel that was sadly roadkill in Scotland is now a The @johnmooremuseum to be appreciated in his afterlife.
Natural England license WML-GL20

#taxidermy #redsquirrel #naturalhistory

Cute little male red squirrel that was sadly roadkill in Scotland is now a The @johnmooremuseum to be appreciated in his afterlife.
Natural England license WML-GL20

#taxidermy #redsquirrel #naturalhistory

I popped to @gloucester_goblin_merchants_ near Gloucester Cathedral today. Kat who runs the shop and creates these amazing creatures (see them on her page @sticks.stones.n.bones ) and lots of other wonderful things. She commissioned me a fox whole pelt, and I’ve been meaning to visit the shop for quite some time so I thought why not deliver the fox in person and see her amazing shop. There’s incredible pieces, lots of makers and crafts people who handmade a lot of these items. It’s a must see. Please do pay a visit if you can, I highly recommend it. It’s en route to the cathedral in Gloucester.

I popped to @gloucester_goblin_merchants_ near Gloucester Cathedral today. Kat who runs the shop and creates these amazing creatures (see them on her page @sticks.stones.n.bones ) and lots of other wonderful things. She commissioned me a fox whole pelt, and I’ve been meaning to visit the shop for quite some time so I thought why not deliver the fox in person and see her amazing shop. There’s incredible pieces, lots of makers and crafts people who handmade a lot of these items. It’s a must see. Please do pay a visit if you can, I highly recommend it. It’s en route to the cathedral in Gloucester.

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