Still Life Taxidermy Studio
If you are looking for a good fish taxidermist we at Anglers Innovations have done the home work for you! Nestled in Everett Washington for 30 years has been Still Life Taxidermy Studio.
Owner Jeff Lumsden is one of the Nation's top fish taxidermists. He has won numerous awards for his still life renditions with both birds and fish. At the1992 World taxidermy Championships he received “Best in World” in the masters division and top honors “Best of Show” with a spawning Chum salmon. In addition, Jeff has pioneered many innovative products and techniques being used in the taxidermy industry today.
Show cased below, are several examples of his latest customer work. As you can see the fish look real whether it’s a replica or a well preserved skin mount. Scroll down and take a look!
(If you really want to see the detail that Jeff achieves, click on any of the active pictures below to get a much larger photos that does his work more justice. Your browser will resize the large photos down to smaller ones, but if you look closely at your cursor, it will hava a circled plus sign at its tip, indicating that you can zoom to full size just by clicking anywhere in the picture. You can pan around on the detailed pictures and observe the careful detail in the taxidermy.)
A gorgeous yellowbelly cutthroat taken from an undisclosed SW Washington stream. ↑
A 9.6 pound largemouth bass from an undisclosed Washington Lake. ↑
Head and forebody detail on a beautiful Skykomish River Steelhead. ↑
A gorgeous replica of a 24 pound steelhead. ↑
Now, we will see how Jeff finishes up a tough project fish. The work is utterly painstaking. Four pictures follow showing the process and the finished mount.
Here's what Jeff had to say about the fish: ↑
"This was a brute of a fully mature, skin mounted Steelhead that I finished using my new "Smith Silver" LS
on the sides. I also used one of Dave Campbells heads! The first picture shows my base colors and how
beat up he was, with a lot of scale loss and scars that my client wanted to hide as much as possible.".
Here is Jeff's fully completed mount. Be sure and click on the fish and see it ↑
in greater detail. Use your cursor to expand it even more. The scale detail is amazing.
Here is a detail shot of the Steelhead's head. Be sure and click on the fish and see it ↑
in greater detail. Use your cursor to expand it even more. The color is almost alive.
Here is a detail shot of the Steelhead's body near the ventral fin. Be sure and click on the fish and see it ↑
in greater detail. Use your cursor to expand it even more. The scar line is just like the live fish's.
Here is Jeff Lumsden pursuing his favorite sport. ↑
Jeff Lumsden . Still Life Studio . 11901 Silver Way . Everett, WA 98208 . 425.353.9884