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
Jul 11, 20198 min read
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 20, 20184 min read
What 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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 3, 20171 min read
Books 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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 18, 20173 min read
Meeting a new skull
So last month I had a chance to meet a new skull. And was invited by a pro to "say what I see". Let's see what I can tell you about a...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jul 26, 20172 min read
Timeline of death (in art)
After the wonderful, lovely, joyful, belly laughs of the Death and the Maiden conference, I have been resting. I did present the full...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jul 15, 20172 min read
The Marathon scale of progressive acceptability
Sorry 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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jun 16, 20174 min read
How the sieve changed the skull (or not)
***Correction to this information - see bottom of blog*** Of all the nightmare fodder I shared on the last post, the question that came...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jun 9, 20173 min read
The Malice of Raspberry Seeds
Sorry for a period of quiet, I've had a bit of a tooth ache and been trying to book a visit to a dentist. It's all because raspberries...
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Susan Elaine Jones
May 22, 20171 min read
Dying for Life was dead good
A very quick post (as I'm still exhausted) to say how brilliant the Dying for Life Event was. Over 150 people came to chat about dying,...
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Susan Elaine Jones
May 5, 20172 min read
When I'm dead, I want to go out and meet new people
Through some fantastic luck, a chance meeting a few years ago sparked my interest in skeletons and came together as a superb visit to an...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Apr 26, 20174 min read
Undiscovered gems of the Cambridge Science Festival… the Duckworth Collection at the LCHES.
18,050* people were at the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies last month. *This figure is an estimate. But I guess that 50...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Mar 25, 20172 min read
No 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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Feb 24, 20171 min read
Skulls a plenty
Today, 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....
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jul 1, 20161 min read
Late for the day of the dead
Finally had the opportunity to spend some time with a camera in the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. I lingered at least...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Apr 8, 20162 min read
Witch skull with iron stake for sale
(Witch skull, Woolley and Wallis Auction House, Salisbury) It's not often that the usual run of skulls up for auction varies from the...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Mar 25, 20161 min read
Lost your head?
A number of friends shared this with me, asking if I was in some way responsible. (Those of you who don't know me might not be aware of...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 20, 20151 min read
Skulls with soul
Some bones just give you a look. It is often the primates, but some skulls seemespecially expressive, and just catch your attention. This...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Oct 31, 20141 min read
Skull with a smile
One of the most engaging exhibits at the Oxford Museum of Natural History is this skull. It is a juvenile Western Gorilla, looking out of...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Dec 13, 20131 min read
SOS - Save our skulls!
Do yourself a favour. Rather than receive the same old Christmas jumper and socks this year, get your relatives to buy you a skull! There...
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