Oct 21, 2026 · 40 min · 11 segments
A purple deer with a dollhouse tucked inside its torso. A glowing bay window emerging from its neck. A spiral staircase leading to a dining table perched on its antlers. In Brooke Weston’s work…
Gerard Le GagneurHostNow, one thing that I probably need a little bit more explanation of is when you say that most of your work is made from repurposed taxidermy, I focused on the word repurposed and that it consists predominantly of recycled materials.
I take usually really old mounts that have damage and just the restoration process of fixing ears and noses and...
Of hides is part of the process that I basically am I am repurposing them into from a taxidermy art piece into my own art piece I guess you could say and also restoring them.
Anybody that collects taxidermy knows it breaks really easy if it's not cared for.
And I'm trying not to ask anything that's gross, but I have no clue what the insides of a taxidermied animal are and what it's like when you get it.
So what is that like? Because your designs or your creations, they're so pristine.
So what is the state that it comes to you in and how do you transform that into what I've seen as a consumer?
So I'll start off by saying taxidermy itself is skinned animals that have been tanned, stretched over a form that's made by the taxidermy artists themselves.
Now, one thing that I probably need a little bit more explanation of is when you say that most of your work is made from repurposed taxidermy, I focused on the word repurposed and that it consists predominantly of recycled materials.
I take usually really old mounts that have damage and just the restoration process of fixing ears and noses and...
Of hides is part of the process that I basically am I am repurposing them into from a taxidermy art piece into my own art piece I guess you could say and also restoring them.
Anybody that collects taxidermy knows it breaks really easy if it's not cared for.
And I'm trying not to ask anything that's gross, but I have no clue what the insides of a taxidermied animal are and what it's like when you get it.
So what is that like? Because your designs or your creations, they're so pristine.
So what is the state that it comes to you in and how do you transform that into what I've seen as a consumer?
So I'll start off by saying taxidermy itself is skinned animals that have been tanned, stretched over a form that's made by the taxidermy artists themselves.
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