tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post628232992901237045..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: It FloatsPropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-13986361826489558842010-11-27T07:05:18.767-08:002010-11-27T07:05:18.767-08:00I have also several real "things in a jar&quo...I have also several real "things in a jar", mainly dead animals I found during walks. I have fish, a lizard, a snake, several slow-worms (including a giant specimen which is next to the known world record), shrews and a giant more than 20 cm long centipede (which I discovered already dead in a petshop). I used normal spiritus to preserve them, and it works very well. Of course you should really not do this with a sculpture, whose material could interact with the spiritus.<br />It was and still is also common practive to use threads to position an animal in such a jar, especially in cases in which delicated body-parts like fins or tentacles should hang free. I did this also with a dead snake I found, and it is absolutely "legitimate" to do the same with a sculpture. It is also not uncommon to place a piece of paper with the scientific name of the specimen, location where and date when it was found inside the jar. Sometimes the shape of the animal alone gives also enough stability to hold it in a decorative position inside the jar.Markushttp://www.bestiarium.kryptozoologie.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-20471062049645703262010-11-25T01:28:34.407-08:002010-11-25T01:28:34.407-08:00Great!. Why not incorporate in the "object&qu...Great!. Why not incorporate in the "object" a ping-pong ball 9if possible of course) that will allow it to float?<br /><br />AlbanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-88937777099089036362010-11-24T21:03:36.956-08:002010-11-24T21:03:36.956-08:00well solved. Thanks for sharingwell solved. Thanks for sharingArtsnarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555660254668191695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-67373285121150090172010-11-24T16:43:38.464-08:002010-11-24T16:43:38.464-08:00When I did anatomy the lecturer had a horrible col...When I did anatomy the lecturer had a horrible collection of bleached white things in jars in cloudy old preservative - I like your things in jars much better!<br /><br />I thought these pictures were pretty cool too - <a href="http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2010/11/two-upcoming-events-at-hunterian-museum.html>Hunterian Museum</a>retromancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349601093498312222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-47929558405496920422010-11-24T14:00:39.355-08:002010-11-24T14:00:39.355-08:00Great idea!Great idea!Alae Noctis grvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650922783332021015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-9992427174742792772010-11-24T11:45:58.098-08:002010-11-24T11:45:58.098-08:00Great info!
I am sure that there must be some mat...Great info!<br /><br />I am sure that there must be some math that will calculate the weight needed for neutral buoyancy, but your trick is easy and should be easily adaptable for most TIJ projects. Thanks!PhilOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922739798497932414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-86791863847028795622010-11-24T08:43:49.249-08:002010-11-24T08:43:49.249-08:00Science! Those things in a bottle always kind of ...Science! Those things in a bottle always kind of creep me out.LoneIslanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162172122869453950noreply@blogger.com