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Specimens


Feb 4, 2021

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.

In episode 009, Elle chats with Madison about leaving her background in Biological Sciences to become a Scientific Illustrator, moving to Australia where she begun training as a preparator and taxidermist and her thoughts on sci-art as a tool for conservation outreach.

Show Notes and Further Reading 

Madison Erin Mayfield

www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield

www.madisonerinmayfield.com

www.twitter.com/MEMIllustrationmayfield

Purchase Specimens Merch – Designed by Madison

https://www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch

Elle Kaye/Specimens

www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy

www.instagram.com/specimenspod

www.twitter.com/specimenspod

Field Museum, Chicago

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/

Sibley Field Guides

https://www.audubon.org/sibley-field-guides

Certificate in Natural Science Illustration at the University of Washington
 
Further Reading on Scientific Illustration 

Queensland Museum, Brisbane

https://www.qm.qld.gov.au/

California State University Monterey Bay Science Illustration Course

https://csumb.edu/scienceillustration/

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

https://www.gnsi.org/

Madison's Book Recommendations for Beginners wanting to get into Scientific Illustration

Scientific Illustration by Phyllis Wood

The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration by the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

Music

Giraffes – Harrison Amer via PremiumBeat.com

Artwork © 2020 Madison Erin Mayfield

Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye