History Channel’s Mounted In Alaska
The History Channel’s reality show Mounted In Alaska brings the taxidermy business to the forefront of interesting places to work.
Knight’s Taxidermy
Russel Knight has assembled a team of skilled craftsmen who take on the challenges of taxidermy in Alaska. It shows the processes involved in preserving wildlife in their familiar mounted forms. The shows clients range for local Alaskans to African hunters with projects as diverse as caribou and camels.
If you are a fan of art in any form, you will enjoy this show as these guys are truly artists preserving and displaying the art of the life around the world.
Key Tool — Epoxy Clay
One of the things that you will see in this show is extensive use of epoxy clay in the mounting and repairing process. Magic-Sculpt is used by taxidermists just shown on Mounted in Alaska. It is also great for most any type of sculpting endeavor.
Aves Apoxie Products were created for the taxidermy craft.
Some of the ways that Aves use it are:
- Setting eyes, filling eye defects, or for forming the nictitating membrane
- Blending and texturing the seam areas
- Sealing and evening the month, lip and gums and teeth
- Creating inner nose flares
- Making deer ear butts
- Creating or fortifying toe under structures
- Fashioning tongues, jaw sets, and noses
- Making antler repairs and fabrications
- Using for antler base filling
- Coating wire armatures for antlers, bird bodies, bird legs
- Adding detail to driftwood and creating scenery and base finishes
- Using to adhere dirt, rocks, sand, grit, foliage
Aves works great with Dan-D-Noser and Mac-Z-Scaler and other impressions making tools and devices. Aves Apoxie products are easy to paint before or after setup. They have been used by local, state, national and international champions.
Aves Apoxie products are freeze-thaw stable and adhere to wood, metal, glass, cement, foam, fiberglass, and many plastics. They can be sanded, lathed, and otherwise tooled. They are strong, durable, and waterproof with zero shrinkage. Easy to work with non-toxic air harden with no solvents or fumes.
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