Gary Sharp’s garage workshop is filled with drawers of glass eyeballs, shelves of paint and walls mounted with yellow Styrofoam mannequins in the shape of deer heads. Everything has its place. There is an island countertop in the middle of the room where Sharp works with animal skins 20 to 30 hours a week.
From animal to art
Missouri taxidermists use creativity to bring dead animals to life
Tuesday, January 2, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CST;
updated 2:44 a.m. CDT, Sunday, July 20, 2008
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