Dear Special Customer,

It is our pleasure to welcome you to our wildlife preparation gallery. We have more to offer in terms of quality and standard as these relate to taxidermic materials and products than we can disclose here and now. The world does not stand still and so we grow in ideas too even as our philosophy that produces these ideas remains.

Our goal in broad terms which is a product of our philosophy is to build for our customers first-class animal, hunt and trophy preparations in ways that replicate them in their wholesome, natural and life-radiating forms.

There are lots of differences in the practice of the art of animal preparation as this relates to pre-finish and quality. These differences are not only about optical artistry but also about longevity and durability of the finished animal preparation. In our taxidermic animal preparation engagements we pay special attention to optical demands and qualities of durability and longevity.

In what follows below, we present some of our most important working techniques that also include our method of material application for animal, hunt and trophy preparations.

These include but are not exhausted by the following:
- Exact and detailed attention to the anatomy that includes mimic, muscles, wrinkles, modifications where necessary, eyes etc
- Use and insertion of artistic, high-standard and quality eyes.
- As from this year the head-shoulder installation of our animal preparation shall be imbued with walking and running capabilities with finished axles that are tailored to meet customer request as offset, straight on the wall or pedestal, standing installation (refer our homepage for further information)
- Construction of nasal cartilage especially the visible inner parts of the nose.
- Ears furnished with artificial liners and fill complete with rainbow of colours, inner ears, noses, Hooded eyes etc using light-imitating airbrush colouration.
- Professional Novaltan and Synthetic Tanning
- Warp-free special glue of the body to the plastic that does not permit of compression nor disruption.
- Application of high-quality eland during tanning for protection against insect attack and tear. Our tanning method is free of health hazards for human skin and hair (tanning-related hazards)
- The preparation for omnivores are fats, flesh and bone-free which is done in beech flour; optimal optical fur stuctures are hair-glossy, free of odour and compact.
- Birds preparation involves the process of cellulose washing and tanning until the optimal, solid and permanent feather quality is attained
- Collapsible problem zones such as birds stand and cage, wig trophy, small animals, replties are worked through with a combination of collapse-resistant artificial, freeze and dry methods.
- Our animal preparation philosophy that is anchored on meeting individual needs and our artistically beautiful animal head forms ensure that our customers come in possession of first-class and exceptional preparations.

Make your choice now. Our preparation is your right choice. It is coming to you from a place that is protected from radiation from the sun and vagaries of weather change and humidity.

Should you have any questions on any of our products, please don't hesitate to forward them to us. It is indeed our pleasure to furnish you with further information on our preparation, your choice.

Wildlife - Preparation Gallery Dirk Opalka