Global Sports: Becoming a Taxidermist

Monday, June 13, 2011

Becoming a Taxidermist

By Bud Louis


In this precise science, no official degrees exist. However in general a high school diploma is a good educational start but is certainly not required. A taxidermist can either be independent, and run his own shop or work for a museum to create displays. Starting as an apprentice working for an advanced level taxidermist is important due to the complexity of the job, weather it be mounting fish or doing touch up work on various animals.

Accurate measurements before the entire process of preservation is started are a big necessity. The basic subjects required for a career in taxidermy are arts and craft, biology, designing, English for noting down and simple communications and a little bit of mathematics is necessary.

Using a computer is a recent need of the new taxidermist for writing reports.

The other basic requirements in taxidermy for sale, fish mounting and the preservation of taxidermy animals is an eye for detail; an ability to be physically and mentally capable of doing all the cutting and stitching of dead animals, birds and fish.

A person must be interested in this trade and nobody can force someone to be interested in taxidermy. It can be required that the taxidermist sketch an animal out for a customer so they know what they are purchasing. This is why a knowledge of anatomy is useful. It can be a daunting task to break into the taxidermy trade but remember that everyone was a beginner at some point and you have to start somewhere.

Loving wildlife has been responsible for many beginning careers in taxidermy. Sometimes when creating a taxidermy animal a taxidermist will choose to place rocks or other plant matter to be part of the finished taxidermy for sale. Hence the tradition of teaching a trade to an apprentice is the best way to become a professional taxidermist.




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