Specimens

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE MENTIONS SUICIDE.

In episode 012, Elle chats with Mickey about following a potential career in law, to trying taxidermy one evening with a friend and having her entire world changed. Mickey talks about political and social causes she supports through her activism, travelling around the world to teach taxidermy workshops, and how experiencing grief and loss growing up informed her memorial artwork.

Show notes and further reading

Kintsugi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi

Gen Saratani, the only traditional Kintsugi artist in the US

https://www.urushi.info/

Dally in the Alley Organisation

https://www.facebook.com/dallyinthealley/

Audubon Zoo

https://audubonnatureinstitute.org/zoo

Vulture Culture

https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/vulture+culture?sort=top

Martha Maxwell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Maxwell

Carl Akeley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Akeley

Chuck Testa Commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJP1DphOWPs

Chicago Period Project

https://www.chicagoperiodproject.org/

ACLU

https://action.aclu.org/

360 Nation Organisation

https://www.instagram.com/360__nation/?hl=en

Transportation Riders United (TRU)

https://www.detroittransit.org/

Galentine's Day Market and Crampus Holiday Market

Sign up to Mickey's mailing list for updates as they do not have websites

Specimen Museum

https://www.specimenmuseum.org

instagram.com/specimenmuseum

Art Ledger

https://www.gofundme.com/f/Art-Ledger-international-village-wildlife-museum

https://clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2950

Jessi Woska

https://www.instagram.com/jwoska

https://www.jwoska.com/

Mickey's Website

https://mickeyalicekwapis.com/

Mickey's IG

https://www.instagram.com/mickeyalicekwapis/

Mickey's DIY Insect Kits

https://mickeyalicekwapis.com/educationaltools

Mickey's Memorial Jewelry

https://mickeyalicekwapis.com/memorials

Press about Mickey

https://news.wttw.com/2019/09/19/mickey-alice-kwapis-wants-you-love-taxidermy-much-she-does

Elle Kaye

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

Specimens Pod

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www.instgram.com/specimenspod

Merch

https://www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch

Artwork © Madison Erin Mayfield 2020

http://madisonerinmayfield.com/

www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield

Concept/Title © Elle Kaye 2020

Music – Harrison Amer via PremiumBeat

Produced and edited by Elle Kaye

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 011, Elle chats with George about starting his career in his parent's basement, to becoming an internationally recognised wildlife artist with clients like the American Natural History Museum, National Geographic and Oxford University, working with Lonesome George, and the incredible highs and the lows of the job.

George Dante

www.wildlifepreservations.com

www.instagram.com/georgedante

Edward Wilson Theory of Biophilia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophilia_hypothesis

Lonesome George

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonesome_George

George Dante's work with Lonesome George

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKbO2B7po0

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lonesome-george-the-last-of-his-kind-strikes-his-final-pose/

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/lonesome-george/lonesome-george-at-the-museum

'Stuffed' Documentary on Amazon Prime

https://www.amazon.com/Stuffed-Allis-Markham/dp/B083R1Z27H

Bryan Christy and Tracking Ivory

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tracking-ivory/article.html

https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2017/05/09/how-saving-elephants-got-one-national-geographic-explorer-arrested/

­Elle Kaye Socials

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk

Specimens Pod

www.twitter.com/specimenspod

https://linktr.ee/specimenspod

www.instagram.com/specimenspod

Merch

https://www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch

Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield

http://madisonerinmayfield.com/

https://www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield/

Music

Giraffes – Harrison Amer via PremiumBeat.com

Edited and Produced by Elle Kaye

Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 010, Elle chats with Divya about her journey to becoming an award-winning, internationally recognised taxidermist, whose work has been used for high-end clients including Tiffany & Co., being situated in New York City, and her commendable outreach and activism to make the industry more inclusive and accessible.

Divya's Socials

https://www.gothamtaxidermy.com/

https://www.instagram.com/gotham_taxidermy/

https://linktr.ee/GothamTaxidermy

Stuffed Animals: A Guide to Modern Taxidermy by Divya Anantharaman and Katie Innamorato

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stuffed-Animals-DIY-Taxidermy-Generation/dp/1581573324/ref=asc_df_1581573324/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310865071345&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11973501834947052649&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045963&hvtargid=pla-525322487448&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

Walter Potter Anthropomorphism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Potter

Charles Walterton Taxidermist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Waterton

Tiffany and Co Butterfly Commission

https://www.gothamtaxidermy.com/taxidermy-portfolio/tiffanyad

Feminist Bird Club/Divya's Talk with FBC

https://www.feministbirdclub.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&autoplay=1&feature=youtu.be&mute=0&v=VHf1vBnfhFQ

Resources for Taxidermy

https://www.gothamtaxidermy.com/education

Divya's Home Tour for The Weird Homes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1z2c3tA-rY&feature=youtu.be

Divya's Scholarship Programme for QTBIPOC

gothamtaxidermy.com/qtbipoc-scholarships

Wunderkammer Showcase

https://wunderkammernyc.com/

Elle Kaye Socials

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk

Specimens Pod

www.twitter.com/specimenspod

https://linktr.ee/specimenspod

www.instagram.com/specimenspod

Merch

https://www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch

Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield

http://madisonerinmayfield.com/

https://www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield/

Music

Giraffes – Harrison Amer via PremiumBeat.com

Edited and Produced by Elle Kaye

Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 009, Elle chats with Madison about leaving her background in Biological Sciences to become a Scientific Illustrator, moving to Australia where she begun training as a preparator and taxidermist and her thoughts on sci-art as a tool for conservation outreach.

Show Notes and Further Reading

Madison Erin Mayfield

www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield

www.madisonerinmayfield.com

www.twitter.com/MEMIllustrationmayfield

Purchase Specimens Merch – Designed by Madison

https://www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch

Elle Kaye/Specimens

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

www.instagram.com/specimenspod

www.twitter.com/specimenspod

Field Museum, Chicago

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/

Sibley Field Guides

https://www.audubon.org/sibley-field-guides

Certificate in Natural Science Illustration at the University of Washington https://www.pce.uw.edu/certificates/natural-science-illustration Further Reading on Scientific Illustration https://www.fi.edu/blog/scientific-illustration-what-is-it#:~:text=These%20artists%20draw%20or%20render,accurate%20representations%20of%20the%20subject.

Queensland Museum, Brisbane

https://www.qm.qld.gov.au/

California State University Monterey Bay Science Illustration Course

https://csumb.edu/scienceillustration/

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

https://www.gnsi.org/

Madison's Book Recommendations for Beginners wanting to get into Scientific Illustration

Scientific Illustration by Phyllis Wood

The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration by the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

Music

Giraffes – Harrison Amer via PremiumBeat.com

Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield

Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 008, Elle chats with Dakotah about her journey to becoming an internationally recognised, award-winning taxidermist, being featured in a documentary now on Amazon Prime called 'Stuffed', and her passion for working with venomous animals at MToxins Lab in Wisconsin.

Show Notes, Instagram Links and Further Reading

Dakotah Gould's Socials

www.instagram.com/dakotahrose

www.facebookcom/dakotahrosetaxidermy

https://www.dakotahrose.net/

Elle Kaye

www.instagram.com.ellekayetaxidermy

Stuffed Documentary

http://www.stuffedfilm.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Stuffed-Allis-Markham/dp/B083R1Z27H

Meskwaki Settlement Iowa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meskwaki_Settlement,_Iowa

Rainy Day Revival Oddities Shop – Atlanta

https://www.rainydayrevival.com/

Troy's Conservation Sites Florida

https://www.hiddenexoticsflorida.com/

https://crocstar.tv/

The World Taxidermy Championships

https://www.taxidermy.net/wtc/taxidermy/

MToxins Venom Lab – Wisconsin

http://www.mtoxins.com/

Specimens Socials

www.instagram.com/specimenspod

www.twitter.com/specimenspod

https://linktr.ee/specimenspod

Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield

http://madisonerinmayfield.com/

https://www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield/

Music - Giraffes by Harrison Amer via PremiumBeat

Edited and Produced by Elle Kaye

Title/Concept © 2020 Elle Kaye

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 007, Elle speaks with Simon Moore about his incredible wealth of professional experience, the conservation techniques he has helped to develop, the specimens he has worked with over the years and the inside world of a museum conservator.

Show Notes, IG Links and Further Reading

Simon Moore Website

http://www.natural-history-conservation.com/

Simon Moore Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/Natural-History-Conservation-119346798095177

Elle Kaye IG

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

Specimens Pod Socials

www.instagram.com/specimenspod

www.twitter.com/specimenspod

www.linktree.com/specimenspod

NEW Specimens Pod Merchandise

https://www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch

Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield

www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield

http://madisonerinmayfield.com/

The Natural History Museum

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/

UK Guild of Taxidermists

https://www.taxidermy.org.uk/

SPNHC – The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections

https://spnhc.org/

Natural History Sciences Association

https://natsca.org/

NATSCA Biological Curators Group

https://natsca.org/biology-curators-group-newsletter

Japanese Tissue

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tissue

The National Trust

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/

Beatrix Potter Cabinet of Natural History Specimens

http://www.natural-history-conservation.com/BeatrixPotter.htm

Grant Museum UCL

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/grant-museum-zoology

Peacock Jumping Spider Dancing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qkzwG2lLPc

The World of Spiders – W.S. Bristowe

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14893920-the-world-of-spiders

Brian Hargreaves - Illustrator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hargreaves#:~:text=Brian%20Hargreaves%20FRSA%2C%20FRES%20(1935,for%20his%20depictions%20of%20Lepidoptera

Music

Giraffes – Harrison Amer via PremiumBeat.com

Edited and Produced by Elle Kaye

Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye

TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES DEATH, HUMAN REMAINS, SUICIDE, MISCARIRAGE, STILLBIRTH AND SELF-HARM.

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 006, Elle chats with Lara-Rose about becoming an APT, working for an NHS mortuary, her experience during the Covid-19 pandemic and her passion around the subject of maternal death.

Show Notes, IG Links and Further Reading

Lara's Instagram

www.instagram.com/deathbeforeduckface

Lara's Twitter

https://twitter.com/OnTheArrow

Alder Hay Scandal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alder_Hey_organs_scandal

AAPT Website

https://www.aaptuk.org/

Human Tissue Act

https://www.hta.gov.uk/policies/human-tissue-act-2004

'Stiff' - Mary Roach

https://www.waterstones.com/book/stiff/mary-roach/9780141007458

Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK

https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk

https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/downloads/files/mbrrace-uk/reports/MBRRACE-UK%20Maternal%20Report%202018%20-%20Web%20Version.pdf

Further Reading

https://www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/deeply-worrying-ons-data-highlights-need-to-protect-bame-communities-from-covid-19-warns-bma

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidential_Enquiry_into_Maternal_Deaths_in_the_UK

Five X More

https://www.fivexmore.com/

MBRRACE and the disproportionate number of BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) deaths - AIMS Scientific Journal

https://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/mbrrace-bame

Racial Bias in Pain Assessment - PNAS Scientific Journal

https://www.pnas.org/content/113/16/4296

Post-Mortem Cancer Study

https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/press-release/2016-05-13-post-mortem-cancer-study-goes-national

Cancer Research PEACE Study

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cancer-research-peace-study

Lara/APT Job Profiles

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/case-studies/senior-anatomical-pathology-technologist-lara-rose-iredale

https://sciencecouncil.org/showcasing-science-life-of-an-apt/

Louis Theroux - 'Mothers on the Edge' Documentary

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00052dk

Elle Kaye IG

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield

http://madisonerinmayfield.com/

www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield

Specimens Podcast

www.instagram.com/specimenspod

www.twitter.com/specimenspod

Music

Harrison Amer - Giraffes via Premium Beat

Edited and Produced by Elle Kaye

Title/Concept © 2020 Elle Kaye

TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES REMAINS OF BOTH HUMAN AND ANIMAL, AND ALSO HUMAN FETUSES AND MISCARRIAGE

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 005, Elle chats with Gerard about inadvertently committing criminal offences through his artistic practice, discovering diaphonization and skeletal articulation, and his recent work as a science educator across Australia.

Show Notes, IG Links and Further Reading

Gerard's IG

www.instagram.com/articulated_imagination

Gerard's Website

www.gerard-geer.com

Gerard's Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/gerardgeer.art/

Literature

https://www.theboneman.com/bone-building-books

Workshops

https://gerard-geer.com/workshop

Brumby (for the UK folk)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brumby

Elle Kaye IG

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield

http://madisonerinmayfield.com/

www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield

Specimens Podcast

www.instagram.com/specimenspod

www.twitter.com/specimenspod

Music

Harrison Amer - Giraffes via Premium Beat

Edited and Produced by Elle Kaye

Title/Concept © 2020 Elle Kaye

TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES REMAINS OF BOTH HUMAN AND ANIMAL, AND ALSO HUMAN FETUSES AND MISCARRIAGE

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 005, Elle chats with Gerard about inadvertently committing criminal offences through his artistic practice, discovering diaphonization and skeletal articulation, and his recent work as a science educator across Australia.

Show Notes, IG Links and Further Reading

Gerard's IG

www.instagram.com/articulated_imagination

Gerard's Website

www.gerard-geer.com

Gerard's Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/gerardgeer.art/

Literature

https://www.theboneman.com/bone-building-books

Workshops

https://gerard-geer.com/workshop

Brumby (for the UK folk)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brumby

Elle Kaye IG

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield

http://madisonerinmayfield.com/

www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield

Specimens Podcast

www.instagram.com/specimenspod

www.twitter.com/specimenspod

Music

Harrison Amer - Giraffes via Premium Beat

Edited and Produced by Elle Kaye

Title/Concept © 2020 Elle Kaye

TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES DEATH AND REMAINS BOTH HUMAN AND ANIMAL

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 004, Elle chats with Lauren about becoming a pet mortician, coping with her death anxiety, and her experience in death positive situations such as a living funeral.

Show Notes, IG Links and Further Reading

Lauren's Website

http://www.preciouscreaturetaxidermy.com/

Lauren's IG

www.instagram.com/preciouscreature

Steady Waves End of Life Care – Living Funeral Ceremonies

https://steadywaveseol.com/

Bolivian Funeral Celebrations

https://frazerconsultants.com/2017/10/cultural-spotlight-bolivian-funeral-traditions/

Día de los Muertos

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/north-america/mexico/top-ten-day-of-dead-mexico/

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/dia-de-los-muertos/

Further reading on cultural practices that honour the dead

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/03/160314-pictures-death-ritual-funeral-burial-ceremony-people-culture/

https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/magazine/00000153-3e1f-d365-a5d3-3f5f4a300000

https://www.britannica.com/list/7-unique-burial-rituals-across-the-world

https://ideas.ted.com/11-fascinating-funeral-traditions-from-around-the-globe/

Elle Kaye IG

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield

http://madisonerinmayfield.com/

www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield

Specimens Podcast

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