This is Steve Brooks of the Natural History Museum. He is a research entomologist who researches climate change from midge larvae found in lake bed sediments.
Whilst he counts Chironomid midge larvae in the eyepiece of his microscope, I count one pencil with distinctive black and red stripes, white band and black end-cap.
These Staedtlers can be found everywhere - in the laboratory, and perhaps even in ancient lakebed sediments.
The resident artist VICTOR AMBRUS on the iconic UK TV series Time Team is seen using a Staedtler Tradition on the archealogical excavation at Radcot, UK. Victor sketches incredibly atmospheric medieval battles and such and is a well known Illustrator. Kevin
ReplyDeleteThanks Kevin, I have long admired Ambrus' work on Time Team and also his covers for Peacock Books such as this:
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