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Lockdown week 3 no, sorry week 4 - 3D modelling
3D modelling. It's like all the frustration with photography, multiplied by 200! Shown by it taking over a week to fix the gremlins to...
Susan Elaine Jones
Apr 8, 20202 min read
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Trying a new hobby
Corona Virus Isolation Week 2 - or day 2 for some of you. You're probably wondering what to do with all your new free time, and planning...
Susan Elaine Jones
Mar 25, 20202 min read
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Corona virus isolation week 1 - wildlife photography indoors
Many 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 Jones
Mar 19, 20202 min read
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It's what's under the skin that counts
I 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 Jones
Feb 3, 20202 min read
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Fundamentals of space, time and evolution
So, last month I became aware of Noah's Ark in Bristol. Bristling slightly from the name, I wondered: "Is this going to be some...
Susan Elaine Jones
Dec 7, 20193 min read
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What's wrong, short face?
Sorry it's been a while since I wrote a blog post - things have been going on with family. And I've been doing some drawing. And might...
Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 18, 20192 min read
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Death, Dying and Disposal
Last month was a conference in Bath, called Death, Dying and Disposal 14 (the 14th time it has happened, not happening in 2014, I'm not...
Susan Elaine Jones
Sep 26, 20192 min read
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Return to Eden
Next week I'm displaying and doing a workshop at DDD14 (Death, Dying and Disposal at the University of Bath, 2019). So of course, I have...
Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 30, 20195 min read
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New 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 Jones
Aug 16, 20192 min read
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In defence of buying a human skeleton
It 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 Jones
Jul 11, 20198 min read
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Corpse work
This week there was a really interesting conference on "Corpse work", hosted by DaCNet in York. It is a sort of interdisciplinary get...
Susan Elaine Jones
Jun 16, 20193 min read
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Mapping the skull
This month, I have spent a lot of time at The Book Warren in Willingham (where the lovely Lindsay not only offers a dizzying selection of...
Susan Elaine Jones
Jun 10, 20192 min read
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Bird footed, bird hipped dinosaurs
Emerging 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 Jones
May 27, 20193 min read
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A lively time at the death event
Thank to the over 100 people joined the 25 people volunteering their time to tell people about death. We also had about 10 skulls. I...
Susan Elaine Jones
May 21, 20191 min read
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Death 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 Jones
May 10, 20191 min read
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Handling death with the death maidens
As 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 Jones
Apr 17, 20192 min read
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Unlikely flights
This 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 Jones
Mar 16, 20193 min read
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Yes, 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 Jones
Mar 10, 20191 min read
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Do 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 Jones
Feb 1, 20192 min read
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Death Wishes
Goodness December was filled with depressing amounts of lying resting on the sofa. Starting to climb out of the fug now, and get active...
Susan Elaine Jones
Jan 13, 20192 min read
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