{"product_id":"still-life-adventures-in-taxidermy","title":"Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy","description":"Taxidermy is everywhere these days—from hip restaurants to posh clothing stores. Yet few realize that behind these \"stuffed\" animals is a world of intrepid hunterexplorers, eccentric naturalists, and museum artisans, all devoted to the paradoxical pursuit of creating the illusion of life.\nInto this subculture of intensely passionate animal lovers ventures journalist Melissa Milgrom, whose trek stretches from the family workshop of the last chief taxidermist for the American Museum of Natural History to the studio where an English sculptor preserves the animals for Damien Hirst’s most disturbing artwork. Milgrom tags along with a Canadian bear trapper and three-time World Taxidermy Champion as he re-creates an extinct Irish elk using DNA studies and Paleolithic cave art for reference. She even picks up a scalpel and stuffs her own squirrel. Transformed from a curious onlooker to an empathetic participant, Milgrom takes us deep into the world of taxidermy and reveals its uncanny appeal.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B005DI9QK4\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B005DI9QK4.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Milgrom, Melissa\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43715032645693,"sku":"BVV.B005DI9QK4.A","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B005DI9QK4-0.jpg?v=1790288953","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/still-life-adventures-in-taxidermy","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}