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The Deed is Done! Dinosaur rEvolution is a resounding success at the Horniman Museum!

Not many people know the troubles we have had to go through to finally bring this exhibition to Europe. The odyssey was in danger to become a disaster: a container had been shipped from Australia and had to go through … Continue reading

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Getting Back From Mexico is always hard work!

Not only it is difficult to leave behind so much rich exchanging with so many lovely people, but I had left with pending work here, and on top , everytime I come from my alternative “home” I have some marvels … Continue reading

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Tears, sweat and blood… the saga of making a life-sized Velociraptor skeleton.

The process of learning is continuous and endless… and this one was too special to miss. It had been one of my greatest ambitions to built a complete life-size Velociraptor skeleton, bone by bone. I jumped at the opportunity when … Continue reading

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Customising dinosaur toy atrocities… and taking to the streets in CDMX.

You wander around a shop or market anywhere…and suddenly… there it is: yet another modern-day dinosaur toy atrocity! Yes, this time another Schleich model, a label that is famous for its deranged, schizo dinosaurs (c’mon, not because “it’s for children” … Continue reading

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NEWS… a week of frantic activities: after the return to the Geology Museum in Mexico, now the return to TetZoo in London and a South American Paleoart Convention!

How long was it since at the last up close and personal TetZoo Meeting in London? 3 years, four years? I’m starting to show my age… but never forget the importance of being present and interact in person. I’m looking … Continue reading

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Transforming a classic model.

About twenty years ago I was collaborating with the famous Kaiyodo label from Japan, trying to promote their wonderful models here in London. They were so advanced for their time that I really wanted to have them all and customise … Continue reading

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Intermission after Mexico…more inspiration for “Paleoart”.

And this time for real… No helping Diplodocus restorations, no talks, no scientific accuracy… only  surrealism. Hope you can excuse indulging once again in my taste for Pre-hispanic Art and the fact that I keep turning  to use its influence … Continue reading

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Utahraptor’s Week changes everything…

Scott Hartman has blown everybody’s mind with his new skeletal restoration of the intriguing giant dromeosaur. I seized the opportunity to actually “finish” my “Archaeopteryx Family” mural touring with the recent show by Silver Plume Exhibitions’ “Dinosaurs Take Flight, The Art of Archaeopteryx” and that might be … Continue reading

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Some therapy you can do after the current horror stories worldwide… and with one and a half eye!

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Peter Norton from Gondwana Studios has been around to take down the Hatching The Past exhibition from the Horniman Museum (an unprecedented success!). Looking forward to see it in Cardiff  next!  We have also continued our task to finish off … Continue reading

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Comedy sometimes troubles me…

Just back from a Dinosaur Society weekend at the Wetland Centre in Barnes. I had workshops and couldn’t go to all the talks, but I was surprised that Friday, sandwiched in between academic talks by Darren Naish and Mike Benton … Continue reading

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