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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Dec 6, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Nov 18, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Sep 26, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Aug 30, 2019
- 5 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- 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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