Ashley Scopes
@ashleyscopes.bsky.social
Artist, Ipswich Museum assistant, Natural history fan, 24
This elephant skull was accsessable to the public for many years and in which it gained some additions. I removed gum, marbles, matches and wrappers from stores that have long been closed. It'll take a few days to properly deep clean this object as its huge!
#museums #elephant
#museums #elephant
April 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Just finished conserving this Chinese pipe, and it's so pretty! The bowl(?) Has an illustration of a chicken and a dragon on it and the ends of the pipe has jade covers.
April 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Just finished conserving this Chinese pipe, and it's so pretty! The bowl(?) Has an illustration of a chicken and a dragon on it and the ends of the pipe has jade covers.
Weird to see this one without crown pools!
March 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Weird to see this one without crown pools!
Heres some more photos to go with that last post, the hippo at the entrance of Ipswich Museum and the side-by-side signatures. The paper was used to stabilise a wobbly tusk so was probably shoved in when the hippo was at grab hight by a member of staff.
#museum #YoshioMarkino #Art
#museum #YoshioMarkino #Art
March 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Heres some more photos to go with that last post, the hippo at the entrance of Ipswich Museum and the side-by-side signatures. The paper was used to stabilise a wobbly tusk so was probably shoved in when the hippo was at grab hight by a member of staff.
#museum #YoshioMarkino #Art
#museum #YoshioMarkino #Art
Today's interesting find was a scrap of paper wedged into the base of our hippo skull. It's seems to be a Yoshio Markino painting in a magazine, but i cant find a copy of the original painting anywhere! If you find it please message me.
March 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Today's interesting find was a scrap of paper wedged into the base of our hippo skull. It's seems to be a Yoshio Markino painting in a magazine, but i cant find a copy of the original painting anywhere! If you find it please message me.
Does this mean I'm a qualified tiger dentist?
*Melamine sponges with distilled water
#taxidermy #museum
*Melamine sponges with distilled water
#taxidermy #museum
March 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Does this mean I'm a qualified tiger dentist?
*Melamine sponges with distilled water
#taxidermy #museum
*Melamine sponges with distilled water
#taxidermy #museum
I found this amazing object when deep cleaning a store basement, it wasn't known about so I hope we can get it on display! Wow!
#Nelson #BattleofTrafalgar #Napoleonic
#Nelson #BattleofTrafalgar #Napoleonic
March 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I found this amazing object when deep cleaning a store basement, it wasn't known about so I hope we can get it on display! Wow!
#Nelson #BattleofTrafalgar #Napoleonic
#Nelson #BattleofTrafalgar #Napoleonic
Throughout Decant, I've made a lot of custom crates for objects. All the materials used to make them have been recycled from the old displays! ♻️♻️♻️
#museum
#museum
February 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Throughout Decant, I've made a lot of custom crates for objects. All the materials used to make them have been recycled from the old displays! ♻️♻️♻️
#museum
#museum
February 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
February 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Carries been rebuilding our glass urn that looks identical to that one! Shes doing an incredible job, Can we borrow it? 👀👀👀 (joking, not joking)
January 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Carries been rebuilding our glass urn that looks identical to that one! Shes doing an incredible job, Can we borrow it? 👀👀👀 (joking, not joking)
Headless chicken? How about half a chicken! I had to remove the damaged case and this gave me a chance to give it a clean before I reconstructed it. #museum #anatomy #Naturalhistory
January 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Headless chicken? How about half a chicken! I had to remove the damaged case and this gave me a chance to give it a clean before I reconstructed it. #museum #anatomy #Naturalhistory
Micheal did an amazing job restoring these, I don't currently have a photo but it's a glow up! We also found this accompanying plaque that would have been on the cross(yet to be cleaned in this photo)
January 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Micheal did an amazing job restoring these, I don't currently have a photo but it's a glow up! We also found this accompanying plaque that would have been on the cross(yet to be cleaned in this photo)
I've built an acrylic top to the cabinet and now we are removing 90% of the type so it's not to heavy for the gallery. Which means alot of careful labeling and packing, this is going to take a few days 🤔 it's crazy how much type there is.
January 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I've built an acrylic top to the cabinet and now we are removing 90% of the type so it's not to heavy for the gallery. Which means alot of careful labeling and packing, this is going to take a few days 🤔 it's crazy how much type there is.
January 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Crab complete! Packed up and ready to be displayed. It's hard to show how big this crab is without someone next to it. #museum #conservation
January 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Crab complete! Packed up and ready to be displayed. It's hard to show how big this crab is without someone next to it. #museum #conservation
Missing toes? No problem, I cast the missing parts out of plaster from a loose toe and painted it to match. Fun fact a crab toe is called a Dactyl. 🦀💅 #museum #Ipswich #redkingcrab
January 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Missing toes? No problem, I cast the missing parts out of plaster from a loose toe and painted it to match. Fun fact a crab toe is called a Dactyl. 🦀💅 #museum #Ipswich #redkingcrab
I've painted the board on which this specimen is mounted a dark green/blue to contrast the reds in the crab to make them pop out! I then spent hours tying each leg down with a fishing line. It's very nearly finished. 🦀🦀🦀 #ifthecrabwasalivethiswouldbeverydifficult #Ipswich #museum
January 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I've painted the board on which this specimen is mounted a dark green/blue to contrast the reds in the crab to make them pop out! I then spent hours tying each leg down with a fishing line. It's very nearly finished. 🦀🦀🦀 #ifthecrabwasalivethiswouldbeverydifficult #Ipswich #museum
It smelt so bad, but now I've got the remaining guts out from the legs I might survive tying it down. 🦀👍 #crabtastic #pincerperfect
January 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It smelt so bad, but now I've got the remaining guts out from the legs I might survive tying it down. 🦀👍 #crabtastic #pincerperfect
January 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Maby this year I can find a bottle big enough for the HMS Caroline? I might need to learn glass blowing 🤔
January 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Maby this year I can find a bottle big enough for the HMS Caroline? I might need to learn glass blowing 🤔
Taking the museum cat for a walk 🐈
December 10, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Taking the museum cat for a walk 🐈