Ashley Scopes
@ashleyscopes.bsky.social
Artist, Ipswich Museum assistant, Natural history fan, 24
Just discovered this while moving some maps—seems to be a copy of the 1610 John Speed map done by Nina Frances Layard! She's corrected the errors of the original map and changed the strange domed building to the right of what might be Christchurch Mansion into a peaked roof? 🤔
April 27, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Just discovered this while moving some maps—seems to be a copy of the 1610 John Speed map done by Nina Frances Layard! She's corrected the errors of the original map and changed the strange domed building to the right of what might be Christchurch Mansion into a peaked roof? 🤔
A mammoth task with unusual progects, although it looks easy, it took around 4 hours to move!
#museum #mammoth #Ipswich #Ipswichmuseum
#museum #mammoth #Ipswich #Ipswichmuseum
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A mammoth task with unusual progects, although it looks easy, it took around 4 hours to move!
#museum #mammoth #Ipswich #Ipswichmuseum
#museum #mammoth #Ipswich #Ipswichmuseum
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The finishing touch? Woodchip scattered like it’s straight out of a Warhammer diorama—frozen first to kill any pests. Because when it comes to conservation, we don’t just make things look right, we make sure they’re safe, too.
Now ready for display and looking majestic once more!
Now ready for display and looking majestic once more!
May 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The finishing touch? Woodchip scattered like it’s straight out of a Warhammer diorama—frozen first to kill any pests. Because when it comes to conservation, we don’t just make things look right, we make sure they’re safe, too.
Now ready for display and looking majestic once more!
Now ready for display and looking majestic once more!
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.
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
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
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
Taking the museum cat for a walk 🐈
December 10, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Taking the museum cat for a walk 🐈
Today I finished creating a replica of Justice for our Ipswich market cross replica. Standing at only 10cm tall I spent a lot of time carving the clay back to get the core details into the statue. Cleaning to the original object still needs to be finished so more photos soon
#museum #Ipswich
#museum #Ipswich
December 4, 2024 at 6:38 PM
It's amazing how just cleaning the eyes of taxidermy can bring so much life back into the specimen.
In the last picture you can see how dirty this one was, the smoke sponges are grim!
#Taxidermy #museums
In the last picture you can see how dirty this one was, the smoke sponges are grim!
#Taxidermy #museums
November 28, 2024 at 12:35 PM
It's amazing how just cleaning the eyes of taxidermy can bring so much life back into the specimen.
In the last picture you can see how dirty this one was, the smoke sponges are grim!
#Taxidermy #museums
In the last picture you can see how dirty this one was, the smoke sponges are grim!
#Taxidermy #museums