Welcome to Heads Above The Rest — Taxidermy, Bronze Sculpture & Wildlife Drawings
We offer full spectrum Taxidermy Services, Bronze Sculptures, Wildlife Drawings and licensed hunting trophy importer and exporter. Ron Schaefer, a Master Taxidermist located in Texas, is founder and award winning artisan for Heads Above The Rest, Inc.® and has been studying the fine art of moving and adjusting skin since 1975. Our specialties are in life size African and Exotics with our passion being Cats.
Heads Above The Rest, Inc.® is not a large production firm. Ron Schaefer strives for low volume, accepting a limited number of clients each year, enabling him to maintain high quality craftsmanship and customer care. He leads the industry in higher standards and you will see a definite difference when working with Heads Above The Rest, Inc.®.
How to Choose a Taxidermist by Master Taxidermist and Published Author Ron Schaefer
This is what EVERY HUNTER SHOULD KNOW! Learn indept information about the Taxidermy industry and the angles of deception some taxidermists use to get your business!
Only the most skilled, knowledgeable and talented taxidermists get an opportunity like this, to have a large amount of their taxidermy work preserved in one place and available for all the public to see and enjoy. Among taxidermy work, Ron Schaefer will be critically involved in designing and building all the habitat displays encompassing animals from several continents, wall murals, lighting, scale models, among many other contributions. View Museum Taxidermy Progress…
Bronze Sculptures
Ron Schaefer’s master techniques have lead him into bronzing and art design. Ron offers large landscape sculptures; medium-sized home, office or outside yard sculptures and small bronzes as well. Small bronzes consist of desk top bronzes which are great for inexpensive gifts or for your own personal collection and drawer or cabinet pulls which are fantastic for enhancing your home or office. Read More...View Photo Gallery...
Wildlife Drawings
Ron Schaefer's wildlife pencil art shows intricate detail in every. You will be amazed by the detail captured in these beautifully depicted portraits. These wildlife drawings are in many private and corporate collections through out the United States, Mexico and Canada. Art collectors can appreciate Ron’s artistic talent as you will see all the tiny sketch markings to identify the hair pattern and structure of the animal in three dimension. Ron Schaefer’s private lessons taught at a master’s level have always filled fast. Ron now only offers classes in very limited numbers. Read More...View Photo Gallery...
