Susan Elaine JonesAug 19, 20214 minFurther adventures in the archivesIt has been a crazy week of adventure, triggered by the deep dive into old museum inventories in the Cambridge University Library. Masked...
Susan Elaine JonesJul 21, 20205 minTo the memory of Ben Huggins of the Lovely MatildaA tale of the memento mori coffins for the memory of Ben Huggins, and how often they seem to appear at auction!
Susan Elaine JonesJun 17, 20202 minBird Skeletons of the worldSkeletons. So often a labour of love. But two years of work at the University of Cambridge Zoology Museum is finally ready to share
Susan Elaine JonesFeb 3, 20202 minIt's what's under the skin that countsI love it when a plan comes together. I've finally met all the right people and I'm making progress. I am working on 3D printing a skull...
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 JonesJul 11, 20198 minIn defence of buying a human skeletonIt isn’t about owning a skeleton. It is about access. It is about trust. It is about our shared humanity. It’s about communion with our...
Susan Elaine JonesMay 27, 20193 minBird footed, bird hipped dinosaursEmerging from the blur of activity with human skeletons from "Things to do when you're dead" (if you're interested in this, you're too...
Susan Elaine JonesMay 10, 20191 minDeath Fest 2019!Death Fest time is here again! Okay, so we never officially called it that. Instead, this month, I've been helping put the final touches...
Susan Elaine JonesApr 17, 20192 minHandling death with the death maidensAs arrangements for the Dying for Life event "Things to do when you're dead"* are hotting up, I'm getting out and about talking to people...
Susan Elaine JonesMar 16, 20193 minUnlikely flightsThis week I went to a talk at Zoology on Palaeognaths. (I spent much of the week guessing what Palaeognaths were... I knew I'd seen the...
Susan Elaine JonesMar 10, 20191 minYes, we have kneecaps!Much belated post after cold and snot induced vertigo. A second time with bird skeletons in the Zoology Museum, so many more bird...
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 30, 20182 minDeath and football scoresLaid low at the moment. Resting, and hoping to not wake up to this view anytime soon. (Though I had a lovely conversation with someone...
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 JonesNov 9, 20183 minBodyworlds PiccadillyNot piccalilli. Not peccadillo. Not even Pickled Liver (though there might have been one). Thank you Siri and iphone autocorrect for...
Susan Elaine JonesNov 4, 20182 minBest story of the monthThis month I have been to a number of Death Awareness events: From Selfies to Runes, how do we want to be remembered? Face to Face with...
Susan Elaine JonesAug 17, 20181 minButterflies, bats, fish and flying thingsThe Zoology Museum in Cambridge is now fully open! (Okay, that's been true for a couple of months, but I've been a bit run down and...
Susan Elaine JonesJul 13, 20184 minThings I learnt last weekLast week I spent a couple of days at the Material Bodies conference, where archaeologists and historians got together to share and...
Susan Elaine JonesJun 4, 20181 minHelp a starving artistQuick blog post to say things are for sale. Specifically, a first opportunity to see and buy four limited edition images from my...
Susan Elaine JonesMar 23, 20182 minThe dead on displaySummary of the University of Southampton "Skeletons, Stories and Social Bodies" conference 2018: Met some old friends, made some new...