About
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 creates generic taxidermy, jewellery, wet specimens and steampunk themed pieces on commission as a self-funding hobby, and occasionally teaches and performs live taxidermy for educational purposes.
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.
If you are interested in joining the Taxidermy Lessons held (roughly) monthly at Barts Pathology museum, please ask to be placed on the museum’s mailing list so you can be first to receive information about upcoming workshops. Contact the Curator at [email protected] for more information.