Susan Elaine JonesJul 9, 20203 minWhy do scorpions fluoresce under UV light?Having had a couple of Emperor Scorpions as pets (“Grabbit” & “Scarper”), I was familiar that they glow eerily under ultraviolet (UV) light
Susan Elaine JonesMar 19, 20202 minCorona virus isolation week 1 - wildlife photography indoorsMany of you may be experiencing social isolation and the kind of stir crazy boredom that comes from staying home without choice for more...
Susan Elaine JonesAug 16, 20192 minNew work!Last month was four weekends of Open Studios - and what fun it was! Visitors included a number of professionals - an archaeologist, an...
Susan Elaine JonesFeb 1, 20192 minDo birds have kneecaps?I've spent a lot of time in the Zoology museum this month, both front of house (helping people find things in the museum, including the...
Susan Elaine JonesNov 16, 20181 minHoney coloured bonesQuick post as I'm up to my eyeballs editing skeleton photos. The local friendly archaeologist has been giving me great access to be able...
Susan Elaine JonesAug 10, 20182 minFaces of TutankhamenAlso at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology this month (only till 23 September) are some original photos of the tomb of...
Susan Elaine JonesJun 20, 20184 minWhat is art for?So this week, month, and some of this year, and years before, I have been contemplating art. In a classic photographic text, I came...
Susan Elaine JonesDec 7, 20171 minHip Hip HoorayTiny, self-indulgent post. Today I heard the result of the Photography Degree assessment. The degree I started as "something to do"...
Susan Elaine JonesNov 3, 20171 minBooks for sale - direct!Looking for the perfect Christmas present for that friend who still wishes it was Halloween? Buy my book! I know I've mentioned this...
Susan Elaine JonesOct 13, 20171 min70 pages of skulls for sale!After a prompt from a very good friend, I have been persuaded to put a book of my images together and offer it for sale. This way any of...
Susan Elaine JonesJul 15, 20172 minThe Marathon scale of progressive acceptabilitySorry I've been so quiet recently. I had a long rest after Dying for Life, then a push to write up the final bits for my photography...
Susan Elaine JonesMar 25, 20172 minNo tea, no biscuits. Just the taste of bone.Visiting one of only two charnel chapels (or ossuaries) left in the country left a bitter taste in my mouth. Though it was possibly more...
Susan Elaine JonesMar 18, 20172 minStrings, pins and dead thingsAnatomy illustrations have often switched between the fiction of placing skeletons in lifelike poses and shocking honesty of showing not...
Susan Elaine JonesFeb 24, 20171 minSkulls a plentyToday, not many words are needed, as I just wanted to share my first attempts to bring out the beauty of the variety of skull shapes....
Katie HetheringtonFeb 21, 20176 minGuest blog: Mourning and funeral selfiesModern Day Mourning What is mourning? Is it sadness, loss of appetite, inability to cope or the process of shutting your emotions off? In...