Here's an article in the "Big Issue" about the Channel 4 documentary called "Get Stuffed" in which i feature.
The Guardian TV Guide Article
TV CHOICE
Total TV Guide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGvgtOdxFYw&sns=em. This is the trailer clip of the show
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Channel 4 has commissioned a one-off documentary special from Mentorn Media, on the growing trend of taxidermy, it was announced today. Directed by award winning director Matt Rudge and commissioned by Emma Cooper, the hour-long documentary with the working title of Get Stuffed!, will enter into the world of taxidermy practitioners, its collectors and its businesses, illustrating the breadth of the people involved in the craft, and the variety of creations they produce. In recent years, the craft of taxidermy has seen an increase in the number of people participating in it, and also the number of people purchasing it. Most associated with Victorian times, nowadays taxidermy is very much in vogue, and sees a whole range of people involved in its creation, from hobbyists attempting to preserve a dead mouse, to modern artists using it to create a flying helicopter cat. Their creations can be as varied and wide as those involved. From the more experimental taxidermy professionals to members of the public who are buying taxidermy kits and going to beginners classes we’ll delve into the weird and wonderful world of stuffing. Emma Cooper, Commissioning Editor at Channel 4 said: “Taxidermy as a pastime is having something of a renaissance around the world at the moment. This revealing one-off documentary will cast an eye on the characters behind the craftwork and the ways in which some people are making a living from the dead.” |
Total TV guide
All Creatures Great and Stuffed
This documentary enters the strange and obscure world of Taxidermy – the art of stuffing animals.
Popular in the Victorian era, in recent years Taxidermy has become increasingly popular as a form of art. This documentary gets to the heart of this modern craze, meeting its practioners, its collectors and its businesses. Illustrating the breadth of the people involved in the craft, and the variety of wild and often unhinged creations they produce.
From modern artists creating remote controlled flying dead cats to businesses that sell, source and can create to order. From eccentric members of the public purchasing taxidermy, to hobbyists attempting to preserve their first dead mouse, this film will take the viewer to some unexpected places and let them see an array of jaw dripping specimens.
A Mentorn Media production for Channel 4
This documentary enters the strange and obscure world of Taxidermy – the art of stuffing animals.
Popular in the Victorian era, in recent years Taxidermy has become increasingly popular as a form of art. This documentary gets to the heart of this modern craze, meeting its practioners, its collectors and its businesses. Illustrating the breadth of the people involved in the craft, and the variety of wild and often unhinged creations they produce.
From modern artists creating remote controlled flying dead cats to businesses that sell, source and can create to order. From eccentric members of the public purchasing taxidermy, to hobbyists attempting to preserve their first dead mouse, this film will take the viewer to some unexpected places and let them see an array of jaw dripping specimens.
A Mentorn Media production for Channel 4
Article from the "MADE IN ESSEX" newspaper
