Sustainability in Taxidermy: Exploring Alternative Materials

In episode 045 Elle chats with Jazmine Miles-Long; Taxidermist, Artist, Educator and Natural History Restorer based in Hastings UK. Jazmine calls herself an ‘ethical’ taxidermist to describe the way she produces work only using animals that have died from natural causes. Jazmine specialises in creating ethically sourced bespoke taxidermy for galleries and museums, promoting ethical practices and delivering lectures and workshops at various institutions. She aims to elevate taxidermy as a respected art form, shedding light on its scientific and cultural benefits, and also runs educational workshops focusing on ethics and the role of makers in creating a better future for the planet. Jazmine uses sustainable and stable Oddy tested and conservation grade materials to produce her work.

Social media links

https://www.jazminemileslong.com/

https://www.instagram.com/jazmine_miles_long/

https://www.facebook.com/EthicalTaxidermyLondon

https://twitter.com/taxidermylondon

Subscribe to Jazmine's mailing list

https://jazminemileslong.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5041980cec6eb13ed8422bbc3&id=3d3aefd05e

Jazmines work for sale

https://www.jazminemileslong.com/For-Sale

Videos

https://www.jazminemileslong.com/Videos

Recent Press

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-68129637

https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2024/01/26/booth-museum-to-unveil-first-new-display-in-92-years/

https://thelatest.co.uk/brighton/2024/01/26/first-new-diorama-to-be-unveiled-in-booth-museum-of-natural-history-in-nearly-a-century/

https://www.ryezine.com/articles/taxidermist

https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/articles/a32430/how-taxidermy-became-cool-again/

https://www.qest.org.uk/alumni/jazmine-miles-long/

https://www.theguardian.com/careers/2015/oct/27/taxidermist-tales-from-the-career-job-art

DYCP Funding

https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/dycp

QEST scholarship

https://www.qest.org.uk/

ODDY testing

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

SPNHC: The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections

https://spnhc.org/meetings/

Martha Maxwell

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

https://www.cogreatwomen.org/project/martha-maxwell/

https://americacomesalive.com/martha-ann-maxwell-1831-1881-naturalist-taxidermist/

Elle Kaye socials

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

www.twitter.com/ellektaxidermy

Podcast socials

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Artwork ©  2021 Madison Erin Mayfield

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Music

Giraffes - Harrison Amer via premiumbeat.com

Researched, edited and produced by Elle Kaye

Concept/Title ©  2020 Elle Kaye