I recently
visited the World Museum in Liverpool to see the age of the dinosaur
exhibition. I went there to see if I could get some new inspiration for my
project, as I always start here when looking for new ideas and sources to draw
from. It was £3 a ticket to see the exhibition; the main attraction was 6
life-like animatronic dinosaurs that had been brought to Liverpool from London.
'The exhibition has stunning imagery, animatronic dinosaurs and film footage
with more than 60 specimens including real dinosaur bones including a
life-sized replica of a T-rex jawbone; the jaw muscles were so big that its
skull was extra wide to accommodate them'.
The
main interest for me was a group of sea creatures called Ammonites. Ammonites
came in many shapes, sizes, and patterns. As they grew new sections of shell
developed with individual chambers. Most grew in a flat, coil shape. I liked
the variety of shape and pattern within the sections of the ammonites.
Ammonites are one of the most common fossils from the Jurassic period. They had
already been around for 150 million years when dinosaurs appeared, but died out
at the same time. The most fascinating thing for me about the ammonite is when it
is cut in half you see an amazingly interesting pattern, which has become a
starting point for my project.
