Katrina van Grouw
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Hi. I’ve just joined the forum; so a few words to introduce myself. My name is, now, Katrina van Grouw. Many of you may know me by my maiden name, Katrina Cook - as an artist, ringer, taxidermist, former curator of the bird skin collection at Tring, and the author of a rather large book about the history of bird art. Well, I’m the same person. Please get to know me by this name; I prefer this one. I also write the ‘In the Studio’ feature in Bird Art and Photography magazine. At present I’m working my socks off to complete my life’s ambition – a book entitled ‘The Unfeathered Bird’. It’s due to be published by Princeton University Press next year. It will contain over 300 accurate anatomical drawings of birds: complete skeletons, musculature, plucked birds, skulls, windpipes, feet etc of birds from all over the world, many of which have never been illustrated before. Most of the complete birds are shown in active positions, as though they were actually alive. It also includes the more extreme examples of domestic varieties of pigeons and poultry. I still have a lot more to do and only six months remaining, so my posts will be intermittent. Still, it will be nice to hear from some of you from time to time, to remind me that I’m not alone.
Must dash now – an oystercatcher skeleton is calling me…
Katrina
Hi. I’ve just joined the forum; so a few words to introduce myself. My name is, now, Katrina van Grouw. Many of you may know me by my maiden name, Katrina Cook - as an artist, ringer, taxidermist, former curator of the bird skin collection at Tring, and the author of a rather large book about the history of bird art. Well, I’m the same person. Please get to know me by this name; I prefer this one. I also write the ‘In the Studio’ feature in Bird Art and Photography magazine. At present I’m working my socks off to complete my life’s ambition – a book entitled ‘The Unfeathered Bird’. It’s due to be published by Princeton University Press next year. It will contain over 300 accurate anatomical drawings of birds: complete skeletons, musculature, plucked birds, skulls, windpipes, feet etc of birds from all over the world, many of which have never been illustrated before. Most of the complete birds are shown in active positions, as though they were actually alive. It also includes the more extreme examples of domestic varieties of pigeons and poultry. I still have a lot more to do and only six months remaining, so my posts will be intermittent. Still, it will be nice to hear from some of you from time to time, to remind me that I’m not alone.
Must dash now – an oystercatcher skeleton is calling me…
Katrina
