Gotham Taxidermy: Rabbit or Jackalope Taxidermy
Sun, Aug 16
|Naturally Odd Shop
Learn directly from Divya Anantharaman, an award winning licensed professional taxidermist. Based out of NYC, Divya preserves animals with honor and compassion for clients ranging from museums, designers, gallerists, and collectors. This class is designed for beginners. All are welcome!
Time & Location
Aug 16, 2026, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Naturally Odd Shop, 111 E 2nd St, Perrysburg, OH 43551, USA
About the event
PLEASE NOTE: You will be redirected to Gotham Taxidermy's website for registration.
This class is designed for beginners to learn professional level techniques used in small mammal taxidermy. By focusing on the facial features, students will create a shoulder mount that can be affixed to a plaque or hung as is. Students will learn proper skinning and fleshing procedures, how to split, turn and position facial features, including the ears. Students will work with professionally cleaned and tanned skins, and learn the traditional methods of sculpting and carving a bust, to create a shoulder mount form.
Students also have the option to create a jackalope/hybrid creature using real antler pieces, or sculpting their own. Students are also welcome to bring their own props or accessories if desired.
(This class uses domestic rabbits and not wild rabbits, so the jackalope created will not be as large as a wild rabbit. Domestic…