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copying taxidermy parts
14 years ago
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I made this post on fursuit addressing the issue of re-casting taxidermy parts for profit: http://fursuit.livejournal.com/4696029.html
Before anyone says, but wait breakspire, you cast skulls for profit, you didn't sculpt those! My response is:
skulls are natural objects, not an object made by man. Mother nature has no copyright. It's not quite as simple as sticking a skull in silicone. There's a lot of work that goes into making a skull ready to cast. First I source out an original skull, thicken any thin sections, plug up all the holes, strengthen it if needed, then make a complicated (most of them anyways) silicone mold. There's a lot of work that goes into making a skull ready to cast.
This is why I refuse to re-cast replica skulls from other companies. Sure it would be easy to buy a rare or endangered replica and re-cast it, but that company did all the hard work. They got the permits to HAVE that skull in the first place. All the other replicas I've seen are stamped with the companies name, so I'm sure they feel the same way.
Anyways, this issue has been weighing on me for a while, so there it is. Now I need a drink.
Before anyone says, but wait breakspire, you cast skulls for profit, you didn't sculpt those! My response is:
skulls are natural objects, not an object made by man. Mother nature has no copyright. It's not quite as simple as sticking a skull in silicone. There's a lot of work that goes into making a skull ready to cast. First I source out an original skull, thicken any thin sections, plug up all the holes, strengthen it if needed, then make a complicated (most of them anyways) silicone mold. There's a lot of work that goes into making a skull ready to cast.
This is why I refuse to re-cast replica skulls from other companies. Sure it would be easy to buy a rare or endangered replica and re-cast it, but that company did all the hard work. They got the permits to HAVE that skull in the first place. All the other replicas I've seen are stamped with the companies name, so I'm sure they feel the same way.
Anyways, this issue has been weighing on me for a while, so there it is. Now I need a drink.
if a screencap is easy for you to do that would be a big help, but if not (like they are for me lol) I should be able to find the post with their name once they let me in
I looked down on a fellow artist on Deviant Art who did this with a human taxidermy skull and spine and now I think hes sellling them.
Highly illegal and in our field its called "RECASTING".
I no longer watch this person on DeviantArt.