One thing I love about my job as a film maker and animator is the site visit. Meeting clever experts in their native habitat to learn about their world first hand is just such a pleasure. My work for the Museum of Zoology was just such a case, and I often think about my first visit to this beautiful collection.

Mid-refurb, as I walked in, I looked up at ancient skeletons covered in large, protective paper sheets, past fresh, empty cases awaiting their clean specimens. Above the balcony, sea life skeletons hung from the first floor ceiling, and I felt as though I was diving into a completely other world – submersed. My contact Roz told me about the massive mammoths, giant turtles and sloths, and as we stood underneath a huge extinct rhino skeleton, how and why all these are preserved, their age, where they came from, and why they died out. Shivers ran over me as my sense of size and significance found humbling perspective.