Vanessa Theodore Art

  Join Me In A Taxidermy Adventure! Hello Everyone, It's Vanessa from Prismatic Skies and today we are going to get into taxidermy with a Tosena Albata Cicada.  This taxidermy piece will be available on my website once it goes live in March of 2024!!! What to expect from this blog post This post will be getting into how I have created this taxidermy piece as well as educational information about the Tosena Albata Cicada and taxidermy laws. In the video I kept calling the insect a moth, and it's not a moth, so I do apologize for that.  I had another taxidermy piece in my head while doing this and I was getting the two mixed up, I apologize.  This isn't the one that I found in my yard though, like I did with the moth that I kept referencing in the videos.  LOL, I guess that's what I guess for juggling a million things at once, haha. Tosena Albata Cicada What Is A Tosena Albata Cicada The Tosena Albata is a cicada species from Southeast Asia and in the past, has...

  Resin Inspiration at Prismatic Skies: December 4, 2023 I’ve been getting inspiration a lot lately by watching unique resin artists videos and want to challenge myself and make a diorama. What do my first diorama be of?  Fantasy?  Dragons? Unicorns? Mermaids?  Woods?  Nautical?  Christmas? Tell me your ideas & I’ll challenge myself to make it! Just Remember, It Has To Be In Resin… Not everything can go in resin for a variety of reasons;  insects can go in resin but depending on the taxidermied insect and how delicate it is because resin can burn some materials.  Real flowers and faux flowers can go in resin.  Real flowers should be dried out first.  Fresh can go in but there will be more likelihood of bubbles, also, the color WILL fade out in resin.  Faux can give bubbles to but they can go in there.  Would be best to get a machine that gets rid of the bubbles - like a vacuum degassing chamber.  Candy can go in, so c...