Field & Lab | R. Lucas Jackson

August 2026

Cutting down toward the skeleton level in the ash bed.

August 2026

A jacket waiting to be opened, worksheet underneath.

August 2026

Ash bed matrix comes off with soft tools: dowel, toothbrush, spoon, brush.

July 2026

A fish showing on a freshly split layer, rock hammer for scale.

July 2026

Quarry crew at the end of a day.

July 2026

Trimming a plate to size with a jigsaw, battens set as guides.

July 2026

Braced flat in a sealed form, weighted while it sets.

July 2026

Several plates set into forms at the same time.

July 2026

Mixing acrylics to the matrix color so a repair does not draw the eye.

Finished

Finished, with the fin spines left standing proud of the matrix.

2025

Applying consolidant to mammoth rib.

July 2025

Tabling day at Jewel Cave National Monument.

March 2026

A case on fossils and 3D printing, from process through to the printed parts.

August 2026

At the quarry.

Where the work happens