Wedge Tailed Eagle taxidermy by Gab Paananen - Sydney Taxidermy and Creature Design

  • Museum quality specimens for research and display

  • Puppets and creature effects for performance and screen

  • Feather by feather work for moving elements

  • Wildlife artwork and natural history illustration

  • Taxidermy for hire

  • Pet and show birds

Gab Paananen - Sydney Taxidermy and Creature Design

Gab is an award winning taxidermist working with birds, small mammals and the re-construction of skeletons. By creating wildlife artwork, puppets and creature effects for film to educational specimens for research, she serves museums, research institutions, theatre productions and film studios.

All specimens are ethically sourced, with a firm policy against harming animals for the purpose of taxidermy. Gab holds a New South Wales government license to preserve deceased animals for study or display and to possess protected animal species.

Bird Taxidermy

Gab Paananen - Sydney Taxidermy and Creature Design. A blue and white budgerigar perched on a piece of wood inside a glass display case.

Mammal Taxidermy

Wallaby Taxidermy by Gab Paananen - Sydney Taxidermy and Creature Design

Skeletal Articulation

Skeletal Articulation by Gab Paananen - Sydney Taxidermy and Creature Design

Feather Work

Feather work by Gab Paananen - Sydney Taxidermy and Creature Design. Close-up of colorful bird feathers, displaying a mix of green, blue, yellow, orange, and pink hues.

Creature Design

Numbat puppet made from recycled materials by Gab Paananen - Sydney Taxidermy and Creature Design

Previous Clients

Australian Wildlife Conservancy logo featuring a stylized outline of a kangaroo and a rabbit, with the text 'Australian Wildlife Conservancy' in green.
Logo of Zoo Victoria with the word 'ZOO' in green and 'VICTORIA' in white below on a black background.
Logo of The Archives of Falconry, featuring a stylized falcon head and the text 'The Archives of Falconry' in green.
Logo for Higher Ground Raptor Centre in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia, featuring silhouettes of three flying raptors against a colored sky background.
Black and white illustration of a butterfly with the text 'Houston Museum of Natural Science' beneath it.
Logo with the word 'Erth'' in stylized black script and 'Visual & Physical Inc.' in smaller black text below.
Illustration of a bat hanging upside down next to the words 'boudi wildlife' in black text.
Logo of The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture featuring a flying bird, a mountain, and a forest scene.

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