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Gene

climber
Sep 30, 2011 - 05:22pm PT
Ron,

Is that the before or after shot of that croc?

Thanks for the thread. You have some very serious skills and talent.

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Gene

climber
Sep 30, 2011 - 05:34pm PT
You do Aliens too?

Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Sep 30, 2011 - 06:04pm PT
In general, stuffed animals creep me out (I'm soft). A nightmare trip for me is to one of those Cabelas or Bass Pro Shops (or whatever store). STUFFED ANIMALS EVERYWHERE! I asked a clerk there why the human clothes were hung on fake humans instead of stuffed ones. Seems only fair to have taxidermied (sp?) people in there too.

They have NO sense of humor.

Though the stuff I've seen in the past has bugged me, your work is beautiful and the animals don't look even a tiny bit freaky. I can't even look at the Cougar - I have actual fear looking at it - VERY realistic and scary!
apogee

climber
Sep 30, 2011 - 06:06pm PT
The whole premise is pretty conflicting to me, but that aside, that looks like nice work, Ron.
WBraun

climber
Sep 30, 2011 - 06:28pm PT
What a Pro!!!

Awesome Ron .......
strangeday

Trad climber
Brea ca.
Sep 30, 2011 - 06:45pm PT
That is beautiful, and I'm sure painstaking work. I always get joy out of seeing people who can practice their art for a living, regardless of the medium they choose...thanks for sharing.
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Sep 30, 2011 - 07:01pm PT
Very good looking stuff, Ron.

The mountain lion, bobcat, and that african cat look alive!!! They're all good, but those struck me.

That reno airport scene kick ass too.
Kalimon

Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
Sep 30, 2011 - 07:13pm PT
Beautiful work Ron!

The repro rock shot is really amazing.
BurnRockBurn

climber
South of Black Rock City (CC,NV)
Sep 30, 2011 - 07:18pm PT
Is your shop in moundhouse. ?
Would like to see your stuff and talk climbing sometime soon. PM me
Shawn
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Sep 30, 2011 - 07:31pm PT
Damn, Ron!

That Pine Marten is awesome!!!!
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Sep 30, 2011 - 07:40pm PT
Ya know, I got to thinking about this after looking at some of Ron's awesome life-like work, but I think there is some awesome educational value in these works.

Imagine these in a school setting. Gettng to examine awesome wild specimens up close without danger, and without looking at a dead animal corpse. Taxidermy is the best of both worlds for curious children who may never see these specimens.

They can actually sit an examine them, and study them.

I know some people hate seeing dead animals and don't agree with taxidermy, but think of the educational value, man!!!

Kids would totally dig it!!! And it doesn't really encourage killing animals.
neversummer

Trad climber
30 mins. from suicide USA
Sep 30, 2011 - 08:07pm PT
Very cool.
What are some of the values $$ of the different animals once you have finished them ?
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Sep 30, 2011 - 08:16pm PT
Ron - I was worried my post would come across even a tiny bit negative and it was not intended to! Glad it wasn't. My thoughts were designed to demonstrate that I feel your work is spectacular! They are all beautiful animals and your worked has really preserved that.

Still won't look at the cougar though. It scares me! So real.

Questions if you don't mind. Who are your clients? Hunters? Museums? Cabelas? Do you think most have get an animal with this outcome in mind? I'm curious how the animals ends up with you.

How did you learn to do this? Is it a family thing? How long have you been at it? Did you always know you wanted to do this? I guess you had no family member try to feed you to the giant hairy boar mounted on the wall in the middle of the night (my family *does* have a sick sense of humor).

Thanks in advance! Interesting stuff.
Fritz

Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
Sep 30, 2011 - 08:16pm PT
Ron: Thanks for sharing the great photos of the work you do.

I teased Heidi about having our 19 year old cat-son stuffed, after he died last spring. Told her I wanted the jaws to open and recorded meows to issue forth.

She wasn't amused.
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Sep 30, 2011 - 08:40pm PT
A parrot shop in Houston had all their deceased birds stuffed around the shop. There were a lot of them. Bleck!

What creeped me out most was that they were all super dusty from sitting on shelves. It seemed like they should have just wiped them off. Or maybe not? What's the proper care of something like that?

splitclimber

climber
Sonoma County
Sep 30, 2011 - 08:58pm PT
very cool Ron.

I'm a wildlife biologist and can really appreciate your work.

blue - you're right, great educational purposes, not only for identification but also a respect and admiration for the animal.

if you're ever up in Humboldt County, go to the wildlife department at HSU and look around for a while.
Allen Hill

Social climber
CO.
Sep 30, 2011 - 09:02pm PT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJP1DphOWPs
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
Sep 30, 2011 - 10:39pm PT
Ron...Can you do chimpanzees ?
TGT

Social climber
So Cal
Sep 30, 2011 - 10:41pm PT
All these things must be learned through hands on study of skinned reference.

I took a class once in my misspent youth from a prof. that had received his masters in fine arts from one of the major Calif universities. It was the only one that had a dissecting anatomy class, (same one premeds took) as a required course.

Sorta thinned out the herd.

Amazing work there.

Footloose

Trad climber
Lake Tahoe
Sep 30, 2011 - 11:18pm PT
Cool work, Ron. Once again, we led similar paths bitd. I learned as a teen through Northwest(ern) Taxidermy School. Couldn't wait as a kid to get shipments of glass eyes, woodwool and tanning chemicals. It was a great experience. My favorites were coyote hides, coots, rabbits, a cub bear. Never attempted a fish. Also mounted a couple of hawks and a Great Horned Owl picked up down by Cradlebaugh Bridge. It was only a few years back a couple of jays got into the garage and picked the owl apart. Which I had up on the shelf for 35 years - talk about dusty! Otherwise I'd post a pic of it. Miss jepedos in CC. Too bad we didn't hook up - climbing and taxi together as teens would've been fun!
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