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Aug 16, 2019
2 min

New work!

Last month was four weekends of Open Studios - and what fun it was! Visitors included a number of professionals - an archaeologist, an...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Jul 11, 2019
8 min

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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Jun 16, 2019
3 min

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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Jun 10, 2019
2 min

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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

May 27, 2019
3 min

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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

May 21, 2019
1 min

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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

May 10, 2019
1 min

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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Apr 17, 2019
2 min

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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Mar 16, 2019
3 min

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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Mar 10, 2019
1 min

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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Feb 1, 2019
2 min

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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Jan 13, 2019
2 min

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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Nov 30, 2018
2 min

Death and football scores

Laid low at the moment. Resting, and hoping to not wake up to this view anytime soon. (Though I had a lovely conversation with someone...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Nov 16, 2018
1 min

Honey coloured bones

Quick post as I'm up to my eyeballs editing skeleton photos. The local friendly archaeologist has been giving me great access to be able...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Nov 9, 2018
3 min

Bodyworlds Piccadilly

Not piccalilli. Not peccadillo. Not even Pickled Liver (though there might have been one). Thank you Siri and iphone autocorrect for...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Nov 4, 2018
2 min

Best story of the month

This 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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Oct 11, 2018
2 min

Art still isn't easy

Today I am happy to share some animals from Conrad Gesner's "Icones Animalium". This delight from 1553 (reprinted in 1560 by popular...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Sep 28, 2018
2 min

It isn't easy being an artist

How many woodcuts can a wood cutter cut if a wood cutter needs to illustrate a natural history encyclopedia? Okay, so it's a bad pun. But...

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Butterflies, bats, fish and flying things

Susan Elaine Jones

Aug 17, 2018
1 min

Butterflies, bats, fish and flying things

The 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...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Aug 10, 2018
2 min

Faces of Tutankhamen

Also at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology this month (only till 23 September) are some original photos of the tomb of...

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SUSAN ELAINE JONES

Death Awareness - Dying for Life
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New work!

In defence of buying a human skeleton

Corpse work

Mapping the skull

Bird footed, bird hipped dinosaurs

A lively time at the death event

Death Fest 2019!

Handling death with the death maidens

Unlikely flights

Yes, we have kneecaps!

Do birds have kneecaps?

Death Wishes

Death and football scores

Honey coloured bones

Bodyworlds Piccadilly

Best story of the month

Art still isn't easy

It isn't easy being an artist

Butterflies, bats, fish and flying things

Faces of Tutankhamen