I'd worked part-time as a butcher for nine years so I've been sort of desensitized to the process," he said. The 28-year-old has previously made 'Hairy Danglers' and 'Pawtable High Five Machines', but now he has put together a two-in-one pencil case sharpener made from a dead rat - with the sharpener at the animal's rear end.

The mole for instance, it's got these weird hands that are bent the wrong way and the only thing they can hold are a spear or a wizard staff." The unique creator said rats are his most used animal. His favourite piece is from his collection Rat People and involves a chef made from the front half of a rat attached the lower half of an action figure. He said: ‘There’s been a varied response. The average posts range from “This guy is a nut job” to “Where can I get one”, but I’m always polite when I’m responding.’ The 22-year-old explained: ‘All I wanted to do was put a smile on their faces. I think some people choose to be offended. They could just ignore it.’I told them that I couldn’t work with badgers and they changed their request to ‘a fox interfering with a hedgehog’. I think the theme of it was more important to that guy than the finished product so I politely declined.” Once that's done turn it the right way round and apply a small amount of powder to the fur – then brush it through with a toothbrush They were selling boring stuff like fridges and no one was talking to each other." Read More Related Articles Some people have suggested my work is satirical or that they have a deeper meaning but they are just daft." The next step is to turn the pelt inside out and apply the Borax powder to the skin to dry it out. sorting office," he said.

Pictures of the pencil case, which is made out of a real dead rat, have now been viewed almost 500,000 times. He said that they saw a funny picture of some bad taxidermy and wondered if they could make their own. He says skills he learned as a butcher when he was a teenager have helped. His first attempted involved stuffing a mouse to impress his girlfriend - who he is still with.The third-year Plymouth student, who moved here from the north to study, told The Herald that he was even banned from various local Buy and Sell groups.