Thank you very much, Jenny.
Yes, I heard of the book before but I don't own it. It's in my wish list and
I might buy it in London, I believe they sell it at the BL bookshop - I'm
sure it's a great reference (I have one by Peter Dance, "the art of natural
history" which is pretty good also).
About NESTA, I had never heard of them before, I've just been to their
website. I found it REALLY interesting, it's great to know the support
they're providing to science and technology.
Once again, thank you very much.
All the best,
Diana
On 05/03/29 20:16, "Jenny Gristock" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello Diana, are you aware of the book, 'Images of Science' by Brian J
> Ford? I believe he worked with the BL and the NHM. NESTA might be
> another organisation to contact.
>
> Best wishes
> Jenny Gristock
> Science Journalism, City University
>
> Diana Marques wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm a Portuguese science illustrator and recently returned to Europe after
>> studying science illustration in the united states and interning in museums
>> in Australia and in the US.
>>
>> I am especially interested in entomological illustration and at the moment
>> I'm researching for a presentation on combining science illustration and
>> calligraphy for the science illustrator's conference in the Summer.
>>
>> The Society for the History of Natural History mailing list was highly
>> recommended to me and I just joined, hoping to get some suggestions from the
>> members.
>>
>> I'll be spending the first two weeks of April in London. I was hoping you
>> could recommend bibliography, authors and places to research in the London
>> area. I'm interested in reading and finding images of insects and also of
>> all kinds of science illustration (old and contemporary) which might be
>> combined with calligraphy.
>> I'm in the process of asking permission to visit the manuscript collection
>> of the British Library and planning to go to the natural history museum and
>> look at its art collection. I would much appreciate if my search could be
>> narrowed down to some pieces and authors, according to your suggestions.
>>
>> Thank you very much in advance for your help.
>> Regards,
>> Diana
>>
>>
>>
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