Sirpa K.
@sirps.bsky.social
Working in the realm of preventive conservation, collection care and digitisation of archival materials, always with a sustainability hat on.
Lover of music, art, food and weightlifting.
Vegan for the animals.
Keeper of three cats.
Lover of music, art, food and weightlifting.
Vegan for the animals.
Keeper of three cats.
Anyone else find this amusing?
October 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Anyone else find this amusing?
The Japanese maple on my patio is putting on a show at the moment
October 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Japanese maple on my patio is putting on a show at the moment
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For a glimpse into university life in the late 19th century, this complaint letter from May 26 1893 from the Brighton School of Art archive. Needless to say campus life in Brighton has come a long way since then!
![A typed letter that reads, 'May 26 1893, Dear Sir, I have if you will remember complained more than once of the great nuisance caused by the childrens playing on the school steps, & throwing rubbish, dead cats & fish etc. down the front area: the caretaker has just called my attention again to the state of the area; there are at present six heads of mack[erel] with a quantity of other fish refuse on the ground together with a rotten herring on one of the window panes, & a quantity of entrails hanging from the brickwork of the other win[dow]. Cannot this state of things, constantly re curring be put an end to? or would it be advisable [to] write to the Watch Committee about the same. Yours faithfully](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ge764wyeardxyva4cyhethn7/bafkreihquhxmy4virvndrhkcc3hnwhfplmeo3polrfzktxpktry4fbk7p4@jpeg)
October 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
For a glimpse into university life in the late 19th century, this complaint letter from May 26 1893 from the Brighton School of Art archive. Needless to say campus life in Brighton has come a long way since then!
How wild is this Pale Tussock moth caterpillar?
September 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
How wild is this Pale Tussock moth caterpillar?
Just the Work Fox, coming to see about food ❤️
September 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Just the Work Fox, coming to see about food ❤️
Toby’s here to boop you #abyssinian #toby
September 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Toby’s here to boop you #abyssinian #toby
Ever feel like you’re being watched? #abyssinian #gus
September 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Ever feel like you’re being watched? #abyssinian #gus
My kind of traffic jam 🦌
August 31, 2025 at 8:48 AM
My kind of traffic jam 🦌
Disappointed by my first ever fortune cookie - I’ve no business to expand
August 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Disappointed by my first ever fortune cookie - I’ve no business to expand
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The Design Archives' own Sirpa Kutilainen @sirps.bsky.social & Jen Grasso @brightonphotobooth.bsky.social are speaking at the Archives and Records Association 2025 Conference @araconference.bsky.social in Bristol next week. Read more about their research here:
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...
August 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The Design Archives' own Sirpa Kutilainen @sirps.bsky.social & Jen Grasso @brightonphotobooth.bsky.social are speaking at the Archives and Records Association 2025 Conference @araconference.bsky.social in Bristol next week. Read more about their research here:
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...
Mornings in the Finnish countryside while waiting for the sauna to heat up = absolute bliss
July 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Mornings in the Finnish countryside while waiting for the sauna to heat up = absolute bliss
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261) Passwordbot. Remembers and can flawlessly type all your passwords. #SmallRobotsRemastered
May 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
261) Passwordbot. Remembers and can flawlessly type all your passwords. #SmallRobotsRemastered
This little rose chafer was five seconds from being a cat toy for all eternity (until death)
May 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This little rose chafer was five seconds from being a cat toy for all eternity (until death)
Found a postcard of me as cat
April 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Found a postcard of me as cat
NASA are offering $3 million for anyone who comes up with an idea which will solve the problem of human poop in space. There are currently 96 bags of it littering The Moon.
The mind boggles that the issue hasn’t had a resolution yet, what with the amounts of money involved in the program.
The mind boggles that the issue hasn’t had a resolution yet, what with the amounts of money involved in the program.
April 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
NASA are offering $3 million for anyone who comes up with an idea which will solve the problem of human poop in space. There are currently 96 bags of it littering The Moon.
The mind boggles that the issue hasn’t had a resolution yet, what with the amounts of money involved in the program.
The mind boggles that the issue hasn’t had a resolution yet, what with the amounts of money involved in the program.
Trying to thread a sewing machine needle has made me feel old and null and void.
April 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trying to thread a sewing machine needle has made me feel old and null and void.
It’s a made tea - forgot to drink tea - tea got cold - refuse to microwave tea - tea wasted kind of day.
April 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It’s a made tea - forgot to drink tea - tea got cold - refuse to microwave tea - tea wasted kind of day.
Details from some of the absolutely stunning Thomas Denny stained glass at Gloucester Cathedral
March 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Details from some of the absolutely stunning Thomas Denny stained glass at Gloucester Cathedral