Mounting a Lion-Pedestal Shoulder Mount

Finished Mount

Originally the client wanted this lion to be a life-sized mount. It was collected in Tanzania. After over a year of waiting to have the skin shipped from Tanzania, when it arrived from the tannery, there was a lot of damage to the skin. It's not possible to say where the damage took place. Therefore, we decided to do a pedestal shoulder mount.  

The photos below show the process of creating the mount. 

Artificial jaws are fitted to the manikin.

Jaws reattached and ready to mount.

Rex Visits the Shop

The youngest visitor to the shop & home display area!   

Smile! Show us your teeth! Skull is from a 10 foot alligator,
usually kept on a shelf, not on the sofa. 

 Earlier this month our youngest grandchild, Rex, came to visit with his parents from California. He's not even 2, so we thought he might be afraid of some of the animal mounts, especially the huge caribou head in the living room, but he wasn't. He knows many animals by sight, learned some new ones, and had fun in Grandpa Garry's Museum of Natural History. 

Growling like a bear for Dad & Grandma,

Meeting the Silver Fox - just my size! 

Lion Mount in Progress
We'll post more photos when it is done, and on a base. 

Petting the Mountain Goat
We'll have a full post on the goat mounting process later. 

Happy Grandma, having all 4 kids in the same state for a few days!
Lily, Rex, Sierra and Justin