This workshop will go over the process for harvesting and drying specimens, and rehydrating dried specimens. Students will have the opportunity to practice handling techniques, spreading, mounting, the nuances of posing, display, and maintenance. Students go home with their own prepared sunset moth, a specimen to practice on at home, a spreading board that can be used for future projects, a shadowbox display case for the finished piece, and the knowledge to create their own pieces in the future.

As always, all specimens are legally and sustainably sourced.

Sobre el artista: 

Divya Anantharaman is an award winning licensed professional preserving animals with honor and compassion. Her specialties are birds, small mammals, and anatomic anomalies. Her work seeks to combine the demonstrative aspect of scientific presentation with the symbolic, introspective nature of art, using taxidermy to engage diverse audiences with connection and enchantment with nature. She is passionately curious about the untapped potential of this scientific art, and sharing it with others. Her classes seek to demystify the taxidermy process, and make the field more accessible and engaging. You can learn more at https://www.gothamtaxidermy.com/