PRESERVING MEMORIES
& REVEALING NATURE’S HIDDEN BEAUTY
one impeccably cleaned bone at a time
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A THOROUGH CLEANING
with a little help from my (beetle) friends
Here skulls and skeletons are cleaned as a collaborative effort between myself and my very hungry legions of flesh-eating Dermestid beetles. Their larvae can get into the smallest gaps in bone for an incredibly thorough cleaning with no damage done to even delicate bones.
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MEANT TO LAST
Cleaning is only the first step to a skull that will last a lifetime and then some. A careful process is used to remove the grease – naturally occurring fats and oils – from the bone. If left behind, they will cause discoloration and odors. A safe chemical process then sanitizes, deodorizes and whitens the bone.