{"id":1388,"date":"2023-11-15T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T09:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:53:16","slug":"why-i-struggled-to-source-cow-pelt-and-horns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=1388","title":{"rendered":"Why I struggled to source cow pelt and horns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgixc7I7HNF-T0zPWcm8n4cUYdAUaVTzAopaZ05RlzAdUPmet64tkNlVjG81HVRKSWkCwfjVM_jbJlXT1bCH5fmw__lQhSzzBFFH8cVA0OUc0JuvyPMzHHvGCdoc1aL8OC_KEViBZa3ufH4buaeH0Mbh-0qRP4Cu8q-JHEyHoa5wHe9FZtDtv4hqHlvHw7t\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEgixc7I7HNF-T0zPWcm8n4cUYdAUaVTzAopaZ05RlzAdUPmet64tkNlVjG81HVRKSWkCwfjVM_jbJlXT1bCH5fmw__lQhSzzBFFH8cVA0OUc0JuvyPMzHHvGCdoc1aL8OC_KEViBZa3ufH4buaeH0Mbh-0qRP4Cu8q-JHEyHoa5wHe9FZtDtv4hqHlvHw7t\" width=\"400\" \/><br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\">I wanted to use a horn as a template for a 3D piece on desire paths and the animals that help forge them.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\">During my research into acquiring one, I discovered that certain materials require a license for distribution, including animal parts or taxidermy supplies like cow horns and hide.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\">Sales of this kind are particularly restricted since the BSE epidemic.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial\">After speaking with the National Longhorn Cattle Association and various abattoirs, I decided that I would try and source a horn second hand; although they are all, in a sense, very much second hand I suppose, no longer being used by the animal who grew them.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to use a horn as a template for a 3D piece on desire paths and the animals that help forge them.&nbsp; During my research into acquiring one, I discovered that certain materials require a license for distribution, including animal parts or taxidermy supplies like cow horns and hide.&nbsp; Sales of this kind are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1389,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}