Showing posts with label plastinate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plastinate. Show all posts

Sunday, 11 December 2011

Educational Hoof Anatomy Gifts to Give and to Get from the Hoofcare Collection





Let's make things perfectly clear...educational gifts go on giving!



Click on the arrow in the lower right corner of the Scribd window to scroll between the pages of our new brochure about educational, creative and crystal-clear hoof anatomy specimen preserved by plastination.



The "relief" or "plain" handheld specimen without acrylic $50


These specimen--or ones quite like them--are

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

A Slice of Life: Behind-the-Scenes of Equine Anatomy with Dr. Christoph von Horst







Suppose you could suspend the animation of a bird or a fish or a horse...by preserving its anatomy in whatever angle or gesture or exposure you wished. That's the power that Germany's Christoph von Horst wields in his plastination laboratory.

Everything that was once alive not only lives again, but lives forever. It may no longer be living and breathing, but it's catching light and

Friday, 24 June 2011

Video: Fix My Crooked Foal! Reality Time for Horse Breeders, Skill Time for Surgeons and Farriers





It's that time of year. The 2011 foal crop is here and breeders are looking at them under magnifying glasses. What have they bred? Will this foal make it as an athlete in the long run?

In the short run, will he or she sell at a yearling sale?

Making a foal look and move like a future athlete is a controversial part of horse production. Many foals are born with problems, so corrections are