This week i took a trip to the Victoria Bug Zoo to get some inspiration from their framed preserved bugs they have available for purchace their gift shop. I found that they were also selling dried out butterflies and moths wrapped in parchment for sale to pin them yourself. I decided to buy a large pack of them with the intentions of teaching myself how to pin them with the help of some youtube videos.

I’ve had a half decayed bear claw in my freezer for the past couple months that ive been procrastinating doing something with. I cut it off a dead bear carcas my friend and i found on her property while out riding horses a few months ago. It is probably one of the most disgusting things ive ever smelt in my life and ive been dreading smelling it again.

So, ive decided to try an expirament. I have no idea if its going to work since im keeping it in an airtight jar but while its still frozen I put it in a jar of hot water and am going to change the water every couple weeks to check its progress in hopes that the microorganisms in the water will slowly remove the flesh from the bone. I’m attempting it this way so that it doesnt stink up my house(I hope) other than when i do the water changes that I am very much not looking foreward to.