J. R. Carpenter

@jrcarpenter.bsky.social

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artist, writer, researcher, fossil hunter, PLA licensed mudlarker, and lecturer in the School of English at University of Leeds https://luckysoap.com

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Alan Turing and Christopher Strachey sitting in front of the Manchester University Computer in 1952
a page of the short story shows very difficult to read handwriting
clay pipe and a small pile of burnt and unburnt pipe tobacco on a white background
illustration of early forms of umbrellas
dog’s paw print in a late medieval roof tile found, with the Thames foreshore in the background
smiling person holding up piece of worked flint
sedum with clusters of small white flowers against a black background
bouquet of blue hydrangeas in a vase
map of the UK showing high temperatures of 38° forecast for Thursday 25 June
front cover of a book called Essex Rock: Geology beyond the landscape, with an image of a woolly mammoth and a piece of fossilised bone from the later Pleistocene
hand holding a fossilised megafauna bone fragment
small clipboards with writing prompts attached
red poppies in grass
J. R. Carpenter's The Gathering Cloud collates research into the history and language of meteorology with current thinking about data storage and climate
cartoon of a dog in a room on fire with a speech balloon saying: this is fine.
billboard of a Tweet made by David Cameron 3 May 2015 which says: Britain faces a simple and inescapable choice - stability and strong Government with me, or chaos with Ed Miliband.
poetry chapbook with turquoise cover, with the title “shore thing” the author name “J. R. Carpenter” and a drawing of an echinoid on the front cover, with the actual echinoid fossil sitting on top of the chapbook
three beads on a piece of medieval pottery. green, blue and dark purple
advertising poster for Swan fountain pens showing a swan diving underwater to pick up a fountain pen
hand holding the remains of a swan feather with foreshore in the background
hand holding a poetry chat book with a bluish grey cover with the title shore thing, and the author name, JR Carpenter. Black-and-white drying of a fossilised sea urchin. Bright orange wall in background.
table with stacks of books by J. R. Carpenter. two books are brown with blue rivers on the covers. lined up in a row, the rivers appear to flow into one another
cliff face, with spruce trees growing above, blue sky, high clouds
a view over a river surrounded by trees, blue sky, high clouds in the distance
book cover, brown background with blue river design. title: pause, by J. R. Carpenter
hand holding two objects: on the left, fossilised tree root, 300 million years old. on the right, tree bark, today years old. both from the River Aire, West Leeds, West Yorkshire
book cover
cameo broach with a woman in profile
gloved hand holding battered a very muddy queen conch shell with foreshore rubble in background
battered conch shell eroding out of the Thames foreshore
a small round tin on a wooden table top. the tin contains coral and shells from ballast, a money cowrie shell, two tusk shells (one is 40 million years old, one is rather more recent), a mesolithic flint tool, a Roman bone die, two Roman mosaic tiles made of Kentish ragstone, and five Murano glass beads produced for trade with the Indigenous Peoples of Great Turtle Island
A white sign with black text on a Stone wall, reflected in still water. The sign says: the remains of a wooden icebreaker lie submerged.