jpc Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Ptychodus04 said: We are calling it Anneavis cf. annea. One of the Eocene proto-mousebirds form North America. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffrey P Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Geez! Congratulations Kris. That is one helluva spectacular job. I don't know how I missed this thread, but it is an amazing epic story of your efforts to produce this masterpiece. This should end up displayed in some museum. Thanks a bunch for sharing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maniraptora Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Incredible! Pretty sure most people have no clue how much work goes into those straightforward-looking fossil slabs at the museum, haha. Thanks for sharing the awesome journey of this project with us. It was so cool to be "involved" in each step like that! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
digit Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 22 minutes ago, Maniraptora said: Pretty sure most people have no clue how much work goes into those straightforward-looking fossil slabs at the museum, haha. Indeed! Most of this is generally done behind the scenes and the public sort of ends up assuming fossils come right out of the ground looking spectacularly prepped. Anytime Hollywood has depicted archaeologists or paleontologists they have done their part to further this fantasy that fossils like Archaeopteryx are simply exposed in the field with a simple swipe of a brush in the field. Last year I had the privilege of volunteering in the "live lab" in the Fantastic Fossils exhibit at the FLMNH which ran for 9 months. Folks were able to watch paleontologists (and poser volunteers like me) work on some really cool looking fossils found nearby at the Montbrook site in Florida. They were able to see the detailed work that is necessary to prep fossils to the state that they can be studied or be displayed in exhibits for the public to view. Many visitors were fascinated to see what goes into the preparation of fossil specimens. It would have been a slow process to watch Kris prep this in real-time in an exhibit environment (and I guarantee his productivity would have decreased by 90% making it an even longer prep job). We are indeed fortunate to be able to have followed the progress of this bird seeing the light of day after a nap of some 50 million years. One can only hope that Kris decides to enthrall us with progress photos of his next big prep job. Cheers. -Ken 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Kane Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 11 minutes ago, digit said: Indeed! Most of this is generally done behind the scenes and the public sort of ends up assuming fossils come right out of the ground looking spectacularly prepped. Anytime Hollywood has depicted archaeologists or paleontologists they have done their part to further this fantasy that fossils like Archaeopteryx are simply exposed in the field with a simple swipe of a brush in the field. And for those who buy fossils, the amount of prep time is part of the labour value that is baked into the price. Sometimes it takes doing one's own prep to understand the "sticker shock" of some fossils, atop the time spent in exploration and digging. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Ptychodus04 Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 Well, the bird has flown the coop! I drove it up to Kansas yesterday and met my client at the Sternberg to hand it off. I think it was a successful project as he started crying and hugged me when he saw it in person. 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites
digit Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 He was crying because he meant for you to prep the Knightia on the reverse instead. Sounds like you've got a happy client and reputation means you're going to be busier and busier. Cheers. -Ken Link to post Share on other sites
Ptychodus04 Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 5 hours ago, digit said: He was crying because he meant for you to prep the Knightia on the reverse instead. Sounds like you've got a happy client and reputation means you're going to be busier and busier. Oh snarge!! I totally missed that one. Oops. He was really happy. I won’t fuss about having more work if it comes my way. Link to post Share on other sites
Darktooth Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Kris that is an outstanding job you did! How lucky your are to have been able to prep that bird! Link to post Share on other sites
Ptychodus04 Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 5 hours ago, Darktooth said: Kris that is an outstanding job you did! How lucky your are to have been able to prep that bird! Thanks. It was definitely a special specimen. It was an honor to work on it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
rocket Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 not possible to say more, fantastic work and a great result! One of the best fossil birds I have seen in my life So, when you look for a christmas gift for me and do not know what you want to get me, I have an idea 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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