Verkkothe science and art of taxidermy have a long, rich, and unappreciated history. Mary anne andrei’s recent nature’s mirror provides an. Verkkoethical taxidermy involves acquiring specimens for taxidermy without intentionally killing animals. This can be achieved by using sources such as. Verkkothis chapter extends and further develops a recent paper by two of the authors, sanders and hohenstein, by both drawing in a curatorial perspective. Verkkothis thesis introduces these connections, and then explores several different categories of taxidermy contextualized along an artistic spectrum:
