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Diamond Dust Taxidermy and Art
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Journal Entry: Mon May 16, 2011, 5:13 PM


People often ask me how I make the things in my gallery, so I put WIP photos and descriptions in my scrapbook.  Please check it out if you'd like to see how the sculptures and taxidermy are made: [link]

I understand that some people think taxidermy is cruel, but I think in light of how animals are impacted by our everyday activities (where our meat and leather comes from, how many of our products have been tested on animals, habitat loss due to development), sustainable, regulated hunting and taxidermy aren't such a big deal.  I think that we've become detached from the ways we actually impact animals, and taxidermy makes us uncomfortable because it confronts us with natural cycles of life and death and our place in those cycles.  Regulated hunting can actually benefit species as a whole and the environment, and it helps get people interested in and connected to the outdoors.


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Katie Crowley
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My name is Katie Crowley. I'm currently 31 and live in Duluth, MN, nestled between Lake Superior and the north woods. I have a BA in Art (emphasis in sculpture) from Minnesota State University Moorhead and a Minor in Philosophy. During a model making internship with the Smithsonian, I worked on displays in the National Museum of Natural History and other Smithsonian museums. At my day job I make strings for instruments, but in my spare time I create both taxidermy and fantasy themed art, explore the outdoors in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, and study things like dream interpretation and north woods trees.

In my artwork I prefer to explore spiritual, dark, and fantasy themes. I'm interested in dreams and the subconscious and how images from these relate ideas to us. I use things like animals, nature, and macabre imagery as vehicles to express those ideas.

Diamond Dust Taxidermy and Art combines the real and unreal with true to life taxidermy and imaginative fantasy artwork.
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*RaptorArts 7 hours ago  Professional Artisan Crafter
Awwww.... I liked the name "Shimmerhawk" :(

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Aww, sorry. I still use it in other places. I'm just trying to make my DA page a bit more professional.
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Hi there! thank you for the watch! I'm honered!! hope you like it!

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Mood: Joy ~eriwyle May 7, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Happy Birthday! Thanks for always sharing your wonderful work with us! :D

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Happy Birthday!!

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Happy birthday!

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Mood: Cheerful ~swandog May 7, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Happy Birthday, dear!! :D :cake: :cookie: :party: :boogie:
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=Ancient-Scars May 7, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Happiest of Birthdays to you hun. :heart::cake:

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Happy Birthday! :)
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My thanks to you for the :+devwatch: :heart:

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