Allis Markham

Meet Tim! This month we’re having an Intro to Taxidermy class with my mentor, Tim Bovard of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. I will be lecturing on the process of bird taxidermy before handing it over to Tim for a talk on mammals - all through the lens of his work on the new lion diorama...

This male Red-Legged Honeycreeper is a small Tanager with some big color. The feather on the top of the head (the crest) is different from the rest of the body - it’s extremely bright and very stiff & short, which enables them to display this bright patch more prominently when they want. It’s inc...

Tried Something Stupid Tuesday. Here’s me back in 2015 trying to flesh a Peacock train with a Dremel. I kept getting fat all over me, so I just put a trash bag on. This was not my best idea. Eventually, I got a bit smarter. I decided to give myself a shortcut while helping to avoid pest issues. Most...

How to make a giant Toucan in 7 easy steps. 1. Clean your real Toucan skull. (We all have some laying around, right?) 2. Sculpt a base layer for the final sculpture — calculating how much room to leave for feather / botanicals. #JustMathThings 3. Call your neighborhood 3D designer to scan the sculp...

Very excited to share with you the (literally!) giant project we did for the @Bellagio. Designed by @edlibbyevents the ‘Jungle of Dreams' display will be gracing the Bellagio Conservatory until Sept 10th. Prey was tasked with creating large-scale pieces in a ‘Rose Bowl’ style— using both botanical...

Missed my online classes? Now you can watch them anytime you want. The Atlas Obscura Bird Taxidermy and Mammal Taxidermy courses are now available on-demand for one year. I had so much fun doing the classes and I think it really shines through in my teaching. My goal in these is courses is to hel...

Come see me and my fluffy / furry friends at the OC Zoo. I’ll be giving the talk ‘Beyond Alive: Taxidermy for Education & Conservation’ Saturday, June 25th at 5PM - 6:30PM. And yes! I will have some of our animal friends helping me to demonstrate animal anatomy & behavior — and why it’s important ...

Humans are not the only casualty of war. Currently in Ukraine, thousands of animals have been left without proper care and medication. But, some brave veterinarians have actually gone into Ukraine to try to help. My dear friend @joe_delvecchio_vet_4_ukraine is there now working with his team and Po...