New Orleans Taxidermy

The studio primarily works on birds, small and medium mammals, and pets, with options for both commercial pieces and memorial projects.

Available mount styles include full-body mounts, traditional skin mounts, European (skull) mounts, and more experimental work such as taxidermy puppetry.

Kate personally completes every stage of each piece—sculpting forms, skinning, tanning, and finishing—to natural history museum standards.

She emphasizes realism, thoughtful detail, and original artistic style while using sustainably sourced specimens from natural deaths or locally salvaged materials.

Baseline pricing is published for birds, mammals, and pet memorials—for example, small birds from $350, small mammals from $275, small pets from $500, and sleeping cat and dog mounts from $2,500 and $3,000+—with final quotes based on size, condition, pose, and complexity, and payment plans available.

Clients report that completed work often arrives faster than quoted, with several projects finished in significantly less time than the initial estimate.

Additional services include pet memorial preservation, skull cleaning, pickup and delivery with coordination to cremation, and finished works for sale through Dark Matter Oddities & Artisan Collective and Etsy.