Hello all,

I have been an unregistered lurker for several months now, but I thought I would come out and say hello. I'm an art conservator (the *other* type of conservation) with a soft spot for architeuthis. It's quite a coincidence that artists use sepia ink - I could only imagine the horror of a cuttlefish owner having sepia extracted from their pet. Regardless, I'm courting the idea of owning a cuttlefish someday, perhaps in a few years. In the meantime, I am enjoying this site and hopefully will have enough time to read all these articles.

Thanks for this great website!

:welcome:

:welcome: we could use more jazz around here!

Beboppaloobopalopbangboom.

Welcome to Tonmo!

Any support for any sort of conservation is welcome here. So, a big :welcome:

:welcome: Melody! Love cephs, love art, it's nice to have you aboard.

:welcome: indeed!

My sister until very recently was the conservator at our local fishery museum (Vlaardingen used to be the herring capital of the world): contradictio in terminis, if ever I saw one :smile:

:welcome:

"Jazz is the nectar that warms my belly and feeds my soul!"

Me, c. Just this moment.

Welcome Melody.

You know, ink has actually been extracted from fossilised belemnites and other squid-like animals and used for painting. That would be a great challenge - true Jurassic art!