We saw so many dead animals mounted on walls of museums and got curious about how they came to be there. 

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Some of us wanted to learn taxidermy for our arts practice. Others wanted to learn more traditional hide and bone skills. 

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We saw hide garments and belongings, and bone tools at museums. We saw different uses for antlers and horns. We saw lots of taxidermy. 

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We hired Chris from Tall Tines Taxidermy to come teach us some things. We also asked some people from our community to show us our own traditional hide working practices. 

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Now some of us are making our own art with animal products. Some of us want to learn hunting now. We're gathering our animal parts from people who would throw them out otherwise. 

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This project was funded by Calgary Arts Development.