D’Arcy Thomson Museum.
D’Arcy Thomson born in Edinburgh 2 May 1860 was a Scottish biologist, mathematician and classics scholar. His work has been admired not only by fellow biologists but also general public for over a century now. Today his legacy still lives on and probably will do for centuries to come. He was a genius ahead of his time.
I visited the museum during fresher’s week just for personal curiosity and research and found it riveting. Although it is very small, the impact it creates is huge. I was immersed by his work and discoveries. It’s such an interesting place and I’m sure that anyone who visits will feel that they’ve been drawn into another sense of time.
Although it has nothing to do with jewellery, it should inspire you to take different aspects of his work and translate them into beautiful creations. After all, when you think about it, everything in this world is designed. We just have to strip it down to its simplest form to reveal the true essence of its design.
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Interesting you say it has nothing to do with jewellery… Mmm…
Well here’s a couple of thoughts: jewellery is a form of adornment and display, and biologists/zoologists etc are interested in adornment and display. The theory of evolution helps explain why adornment helps the strongest species survive… It’s a way of displaying that you have strong genes.
In some societies (including ours) jewellery is a way of displaying wealth, or good taste, or your personality. That is also linked to the survival of the fittest: if you’re looking for a wealthy mate, for example, go for the ones with all the bling! If you’re looking for someone with a touch of class, go for the one with the subtle adornment. If you’re looking for a rebel… Well you get the picture!
So here’s my challenge for you: take some photos of the jewellery people are wearing and try to decode it. What does it say about them? Then find out if you’re right. (you might want to crop out their faces if you post the images on the blog but if they’re okay with it that’s fine)
The second point is that while the museum is an example of zoology, the study of ethnography is another area related to jewellery: looking at civilisations and cultures and studying their rituals – jewellery, tattoos, hair etc etc are all part of it. If you go to the British Museum for example you’ll see loads of examples of jewellery from ancient times right up to the modern day. The point is that it’s not just “jewellery”, it has a function in many cases, as jewellery does today. More about this on Friday and in future weeks! (I think the museum in town has some examples of tribal jewellery…)
Everything has everything to do with jewellery!
Thanks, I’ll bear that it mind. I’ve been to the museum in town and i seen the tribal jewellery.. made from animal bones, hair, nail clippings and skin… i get your point and maybe you’re right… like how people’s personalities and their jewellery can link to the characteristics of animals.. I should look further into this…