framing fur

[stephen34]

Customer has inherited a deer skin, beautiful thing, and wants to display it. Is this something a framer would do? Any experience? Any suggestions?

[prospero]

Depends if it has been tanned properly or just hung up to air-dry. The main thing to beware of is insect invasion. There are all types of creepy-crawlies that love to munch on things like that. There are certain chemicals that museums use to combat this. Some are very toxic. Taxidermists in times past would use an arsenic based paste, which led to the early demise of more than a few.
You used to be able to buy crystals that repel insects. If I remember right - Paradichlorobenzene. A little sachet concealed somewhere in the frame would keep the bugs away, but it would need to be refreshed regularly.
Don't know if you still buy it. Probably fallen foul of health and safety regs years ago.

[Roboframer]

Use a Bambi compressor

[stephen34]

Groan!!