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Amanda's Autopsies

Amanda's Autopsies Taxidermy

www.amandasautopsies.com

Amanda has mainly been influenced by Walter Potter,
who was one of the first to dress up preserved animals
in costumes. When the Potter collection was split up
and sold on to private collectors a few years back,
Amanda wanted to recreate some of the pieces herself,
as most of the collection would never be seen by
the public again. She now does generic taxidermy,
jewellery, and steampunk themed pieces on commission.

Amanda doesn't use animals that were killed for taxidermy, she uses reptile feed, road kill and animals that died naturally. She creates taxidermy to preserve the beauty of the animal.

  • Taught a couple of lovely ladies how to pickle their own specimens yesterday, full set of photos on my Facebook page

    Tagged: specimens pickling squid octopus Amanda's Autopsies

    Posted on April 8, 2012 with 5 notes

    Source: amandasautopsies.com

  • Wet Specimen, Octopus

    Tagged: octopus wet specimen Amanda's Autopsies Taxidermy

    Posted on February 28, 2012 with 22 notes

    Source: amandasautopsies.com

  • Tentacle ring

    Tentacle ring

    Tagged: tentacle octopus ring

    Posted on December 26, 2011 with 38 notes

  • Hand made Nemo Tamper for a smoking pipe

    Hand made Nemo Tamper for a smoking pipe

    Tagged: pipe tamper octopus tentacle Nemo

    Posted on October 17, 2011 with 15 notes

  • Octopus @ University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge.

    Octopus @ University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge.

    Tagged: taxidermy preserved specimen octopus oddities zoology museum

    Posted on August 5, 2011 with 25 notes

    Source: museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk

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