Images from a lovely day in Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
Drawing, very loosely, from the animals of the ancient seas that gave us the limestone of the Peaks, we were making animal puppets
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| work began with drawings |
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| this eurypterid will emerge from the page later |
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| detail! |
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| improvising |
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| Annie, one of our artists, hard at work |
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| a good way of involving everyone |
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| next stage for that eurypterid |
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| a spectacular Dunklosteus! |
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| taking a trilobite for a walk |
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| trilobite family |
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| there were several large trilobites |
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| a sort of cuttlefish eating a jellyfish |
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| the eurypterid leaves! |
Join us on one of the next Ancient Landscape events!
Winnat's Pass Walk
Date: Tuesday 6th
August 2013
Meeting point: Castleton Visitor Centre Car Park,
Castleton, Hope Valley S33
8WP
Times: 2 - 4pm
Booking: no booking
needed just drop by and join in
Cost: free: - car parking charges may apply
What's happening?
With National Trust Rangers, we will explore the geology of
this dramatic gorge, meeting the millstone grit that eventually covered the
limestone of the White Peak. A Stone and Water artist will help the group explore
creatively: composing instant poems, making up wild
stories about the cliffs and caves of the Pass.
This walk will last 2 hours, has some steep slopes and will
not remain on paved surfaces. Strong footwear essential and clothing to suit
the weather
Life in Ancient Seas at Leek PlayDay
Date: Wednesday
7th August 2013
Venue: Brough Park,
Leek (beside the Leek Leisure Centre)
Times: 11 - 3
Booking: no booking
needed just drop by and join in
Cost: free:
materials provided (donations welcomed) - car parking charges may apply
What's happening?
Come and paddle in a prehistoric sea! Explore life in the
Carboniferous Seas of 300 million years ago that eventually gave us the
limestone, shale and gritstones of the Peak District. We'll be making personal
finger-puppet trilobites and pet ammonites and models of ancient seasides…
