archaeoINK - Jona Schlegel
@jonaschlegel.com
founder • archaeology science comm • (conceptual) illustration x programming • Amsterdam
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prompt 10 of #archInk2025: palimpsest
walls can keep stories in the form of graffiti by unknown graffitists.
layers of paint, posters, and tags overlap, shaping the memory of a place and adding to the stratigraphy of a city.
a living and active palimpsest
walls can keep stories in the form of graffiti by unknown graffitists.
layers of paint, posters, and tags overlap, shaping the memory of a place and adding to the stratigraphy of a city.
a living and active palimpsest
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
prompt 10 of #archInk2025: palimpsest
walls can keep stories in the form of graffiti by unknown graffitists.
layers of paint, posters, and tags overlap, shaping the memory of a place and adding to the stratigraphy of a city.
a living and active palimpsest
walls can keep stories in the form of graffiti by unknown graffitists.
layers of paint, posters, and tags overlap, shaping the memory of a place and adding to the stratigraphy of a city.
a living and active palimpsest
Day 9 of #archInk: Ivory
A bit of meditation practices: drawing one curved line after the other.
Cross-section of a tusk, which forms a dense network of intersecting lines known as Schreger lines. They tell growth, material, and history at once.
#archaeology
A bit of meditation practices: drawing one curved line after the other.
Cross-section of a tusk, which forms a dense network of intersecting lines known as Schreger lines. They tell growth, material, and history at once.
#archaeology
October 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Day 9 of #archInk: Ivory
A bit of meditation practices: drawing one curved line after the other.
Cross-section of a tusk, which forms a dense network of intersecting lines known as Schreger lines. They tell growth, material, and history at once.
#archaeology
A bit of meditation practices: drawing one curved line after the other.
Cross-section of a tusk, which forms a dense network of intersecting lines known as Schreger lines. They tell growth, material, and history at once.
#archaeology
day 8 of #archInk: stratigraphy
I reworked an older drawing from when the prompt was “written”. And here the trowel still “writes” the site’s stratigraphy in a way: layer by layer, deposit by deposit and interface by interface.
#archaeology
I reworked an older drawing from when the prompt was “written”. And here the trowel still “writes” the site’s stratigraphy in a way: layer by layer, deposit by deposit and interface by interface.
#archaeology
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
day 8 of #archInk: stratigraphy
I reworked an older drawing from when the prompt was “written”. And here the trowel still “writes” the site’s stratigraphy in a way: layer by layer, deposit by deposit and interface by interface.
#archaeology
I reworked an older drawing from when the prompt was “written”. And here the trowel still “writes” the site’s stratigraphy in a way: layer by layer, deposit by deposit and interface by interface.
#archaeology
day 7: textiles
They rarely survive, but their traces do: loom weights, needles, fragments stuck to metal.
This piece looks at those fragments and the ancient depictions of weaving/fabric creation on vessels that still show these practices.
#archInk #archaeology
They rarely survive, but their traces do: loom weights, needles, fragments stuck to metal.
This piece looks at those fragments and the ancient depictions of weaving/fabric creation on vessels that still show these practices.
#archInk #archaeology
October 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
day 7: textiles
They rarely survive, but their traces do: loom weights, needles, fragments stuck to metal.
This piece looks at those fragments and the ancient depictions of weaving/fabric creation on vessels that still show these practices.
#archInk #archaeology
They rarely survive, but their traces do: loom weights, needles, fragments stuck to metal.
This piece looks at those fragments and the ancient depictions of weaving/fabric creation on vessels that still show these practices.
#archInk #archaeology
day 6 of #archInk2025: horn
I did a kind of archaeology journaling page, where I focused on exploring the texture of the horn, noting down functions and anatomy.
#archInk
I did a kind of archaeology journaling page, where I focused on exploring the texture of the horn, noting down functions and anatomy.
#archInk
October 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
day 6 of #archInk2025: horn
I did a kind of archaeology journaling page, where I focused on exploring the texture of the horn, noting down functions and anatomy.
#archInk
I did a kind of archaeology journaling page, where I focused on exploring the texture of the horn, noting down functions and anatomy.
#archInk
For day three of #archInk prompt: flint
I created a digital collage of tools used during flint knapping and the by products spreading around the production zone: flakes and blades.
#archaeology #archInk2025
I created a digital collage of tools used during flint knapping and the by products spreading around the production zone: flakes and blades.
#archaeology #archInk2025
October 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For day three of #archInk prompt: flint
I created a digital collage of tools used during flint knapping and the by products spreading around the production zone: flakes and blades.
#archaeology #archInk2025
I created a digital collage of tools used during flint knapping and the by products spreading around the production zone: flakes and blades.
#archaeology #archInk2025
day 4 of #archInk2025: bronze. tin meets copper, and new colours are created based on the mixture, from gold, green, brown, red.
i drew them circling between two hands, an acknowledgement of how innovative humans are and bronze meant exchange and shared skill
#archInk #archaeology
i drew them circling between two hands, an acknowledgement of how innovative humans are and bronze meant exchange and shared skill
#archInk #archaeology
October 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
day 4 of #archInk2025: bronze. tin meets copper, and new colours are created based on the mixture, from gold, green, brown, red.
i drew them circling between two hands, an acknowledgement of how innovative humans are and bronze meant exchange and shared skill
#archInk #archaeology
i drew them circling between two hands, an acknowledgement of how innovative humans are and bronze meant exchange and shared skill
#archInk #archaeology
day 3 of #archink2025: residue. what's left inside a pot can say a lot. grains, fats, traces of meals long gone.
drew that chain in a kind of comic style: pot in use, pot buried/excavated, pot in the lab.
Small remains lead to past recipes.
#archInk #archaeology
drew that chain in a kind of comic style: pot in use, pot buried/excavated, pot in the lab.
Small remains lead to past recipes.
#archInk #archaeology
October 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
day 3 of #archink2025: residue. what's left inside a pot can say a lot. grains, fats, traces of meals long gone.
drew that chain in a kind of comic style: pot in use, pot buried/excavated, pot in the lab.
Small remains lead to past recipes.
#archInk #archaeology
drew that chain in a kind of comic style: pot in use, pot buried/excavated, pot in the lab.
Small remains lead to past recipes.
#archInk #archaeology
day 2 of #archInk: #shell.
a watercolour scallop in the centre, with digital pen sketches of shell artefacts and tools around it. shells are versatile in archaeology, and this page is also a mix of drawing techniques, from watercolour to digital.
#archaeology #archInk2025
a watercolour scallop in the centre, with digital pen sketches of shell artefacts and tools around it. shells are versatile in archaeology, and this page is also a mix of drawing techniques, from watercolour to digital.
#archaeology #archInk2025
October 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
day 2 of #archInk: #shell.
a watercolour scallop in the centre, with digital pen sketches of shell artefacts and tools around it. shells are versatile in archaeology, and this page is also a mix of drawing techniques, from watercolour to digital.
#archaeology #archInk2025
a watercolour scallop in the centre, with digital pen sketches of shell artefacts and tools around it. shells are versatile in archaeology, and this page is also a mix of drawing techniques, from watercolour to digital.
#archaeology #archInk2025
starting archInk 2025 with pigment. i kept it digital today, a bit like field journal notes, an archaeology journal. pigment feels small, but it made the first colours on stone.
minerals: grounded, mixed with a binder, painted on a surface and suddenly there’s an image.
#archInk #inktober
minerals: grounded, mixed with a binder, painted on a surface and suddenly there’s an image.
#archInk #inktober
October 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Who can join? Everyone!
But maybe esoecially archaeologists, researchers, or students want to participate to visualise complex ideas, try out new perspectives, or connect through drawing.
It is about thinking on paper and sharing your ideas with the community.
3/3
But maybe esoecially archaeologists, researchers, or students want to participate to visualise complex ideas, try out new perspectives, or connect through drawing.
It is about thinking on paper and sharing your ideas with the community.
3/3
September 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Who can join? Everyone!
But maybe esoecially archaeologists, researchers, or students want to participate to visualise complex ideas, try out new perspectives, or connect through drawing.
It is about thinking on paper and sharing your ideas with the community.
3/3
But maybe esoecially archaeologists, researchers, or students want to participate to visualise complex ideas, try out new perspectives, or connect through drawing.
It is about thinking on paper and sharing your ideas with the community.
3/3
How to participate?
Simple: take each day's prompt and create your interpretation. No rules on medium or the techniques - past years have seen sketches, watercolor, doodles, digital art, 3D models, pencils, photographs, collages, mind maps, notes even poems.
2/3
Simple: take each day's prompt and create your interpretation. No rules on medium or the techniques - past years have seen sketches, watercolor, doodles, digital art, 3D models, pencils, photographs, collages, mind maps, notes even poems.
2/3
September 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
How to participate?
Simple: take each day's prompt and create your interpretation. No rules on medium or the techniques - past years have seen sketches, watercolor, doodles, digital art, 3D models, pencils, photographs, collages, mind maps, notes even poems.
2/3
Simple: take each day's prompt and create your interpretation. No rules on medium or the techniques - past years have seen sketches, watercolor, doodles, digital art, 3D models, pencils, photographs, collages, mind maps, notes even poems.
2/3
What exactly is #archInk?
It started in 2018 by Dr. Katherine Cook with daily drawing prompts exploring archaeological themes. The goal is not to create perfect "art" but should be rather seen as a daily practice connecting with archaeology and each other through creative practices
1/3
It started in 2018 by Dr. Katherine Cook with daily drawing prompts exploring archaeological themes. The goal is not to create perfect "art" but should be rather seen as a daily practice connecting with archaeology and each other through creative practices
1/3
September 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
What exactly is #archInk?
It started in 2018 by Dr. Katherine Cook with daily drawing prompts exploring archaeological themes. The goal is not to create perfect "art" but should be rather seen as a daily practice connecting with archaeology and each other through creative practices
1/3
It started in 2018 by Dr. Katherine Cook with daily drawing prompts exploring archaeological themes. The goal is not to create perfect "art" but should be rather seen as a daily practice connecting with archaeology and each other through creative practices
1/3
Here's the official #archInk2025 prompt list - 31 days of archaeological (illustration) prompts for October.
From pigment and bronze to provenance and afterlife, each prompt open to be explored through drawing or other techniques and mediums.
Ready to join in?
#archInk
From pigment and bronze to provenance and afterlife, each prompt open to be explored through drawing or other techniques and mediums.
Ready to join in?
#archInk
September 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Here's the official #archInk2025 prompt list - 31 days of archaeological (illustration) prompts for October.
From pigment and bronze to provenance and afterlife, each prompt open to be explored through drawing or other techniques and mediums.
Ready to join in?
#archInk
From pigment and bronze to provenance and afterlife, each prompt open to be explored through drawing or other techniques and mediums.
Ready to join in?
#archInk
Monday workspace thoughts. Sketched these motivational words around an archaeological vessel while navigating office tasks. Dedication, authorship, motivation - the qualities needed to keep pursuing archaeology alongside daily work. #archInk
September 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Monday workspace thoughts. Sketched these motivational words around an archaeological vessel while navigating office tasks. Dedication, authorship, motivation - the qualities needed to keep pursuing archaeology alongside daily work. #archInk
Drew this as part of my A-Z archaeological disciplines exploration. Settlement archaeology examines spatial organisation and architecture of past communities. From house layouts to community planning, these patterns show how people lived and interacted. #archInk
September 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Drew this as part of my A-Z archaeological disciplines exploration. Settlement archaeology examines spatial organisation and architecture of past communities. From house layouts to community planning, these patterns show how people lived and interacted. #archInk
Made this for #Inktober2024 about archaeological discovery in popular media. Magazine covers focus on treasure and sensational finds, but there's always more to the story. How do these headlines influence what people think archaeology is about? #archInk #Discovery
September 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Made this for #Inktober2024 about archaeological discovery in popular media. Magazine covers focus on treasure and sensational finds, but there's always more to the story. How do these headlines influence what people think archaeology is about? #archInk #Discovery
This illustration from 2022 show how archaeologists should balance subjectivity and objectivity in interpretation. One side shows personal bias and perspective, the other empirical evidence.
The Xanten Crown is a good example: thought to be a crown, now reinterpreted as a bucket fitting. #archInk
The Xanten Crown is a good example: thought to be a crown, now reinterpreted as a bucket fitting. #archInk
September 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This illustration from 2022 show how archaeologists should balance subjectivity and objectivity in interpretation. One side shows personal bias and perspective, the other empirical evidence.
The Xanten Crown is a good example: thought to be a crown, now reinterpreted as a bucket fitting. #archInk
The Xanten Crown is a good example: thought to be a crown, now reinterpreted as a bucket fitting. #archInk
Made this during #archInk 2020 to break down what field archaeologists do, in a comic page structure style and completely handdrawn back then.
Surveying excavating, documentating, and post-excavation processing.
Basically trying to show the whole archaeological fieldwork workflow.
#archaeology
Surveying excavating, documentating, and post-excavation processing.
Basically trying to show the whole archaeological fieldwork workflow.
#archaeology
September 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Made this during #archInk 2020 to break down what field archaeologists do, in a comic page structure style and completely handdrawn back then.
Surveying excavating, documentating, and post-excavation processing.
Basically trying to show the whole archaeological fieldwork workflow.
#archaeology
Surveying excavating, documentating, and post-excavation processing.
Basically trying to show the whole archaeological fieldwork workflow.
#archaeology
In await of #archInk2025, sharing past work
I created this during #archInk 2021 to explore what archaeological illustration can be outside of technical artifact drawing. Showing constructions - bolder stones, mortar residue and with a walled window using bricks - all forming a remaining wall
I created this during #archInk 2021 to explore what archaeological illustration can be outside of technical artifact drawing. Showing constructions - bolder stones, mortar residue and with a walled window using bricks - all forming a remaining wall
September 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In await of #archInk2025, sharing past work
I created this during #archInk 2021 to explore what archaeological illustration can be outside of technical artifact drawing. Showing constructions - bolder stones, mortar residue and with a walled window using bricks - all forming a remaining wall
I created this during #archInk 2021 to explore what archaeological illustration can be outside of technical artifact drawing. Showing constructions - bolder stones, mortar residue and with a walled window using bricks - all forming a remaining wall
This drawing is a redoing on an older one and feels like a good starting point again, and though it is not coming from a trench, it still got all the right layers.
Happy Easter from my digital studio to you!
Happy Easter from my digital studio to you!
April 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This drawing is a redoing on an older one and feels like a good starting point again, and though it is not coming from a trench, it still got all the right layers.
Happy Easter from my digital studio to you!
Happy Easter from my digital studio to you!
In Victoria and Vancouver for a bit. If you work in archaeology, heritage, or science communication and fancy a coffee or chat—let me know.
Always happy to connect with others while I’m in the area.
Always happy to connect with others while I’m in the area.
April 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
In Victoria and Vancouver for a bit. If you work in archaeology, heritage, or science communication and fancy a coffee or chat—let me know.
Always happy to connect with others while I’m in the area.
Always happy to connect with others while I’m in the area.
Objects carry time with them. Made, used, broken, buried, rediscovered—this pot has lived through it all.
This illustration traces that cycle, showing how objects keep moving
#Archaeology
This illustration traces that cycle, showing how objects keep moving
#Archaeology
March 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Objects carry time with them. Made, used, broken, buried, rediscovered—this pot has lived through it all.
This illustration traces that cycle, showing how objects keep moving
#Archaeology
This illustration traces that cycle, showing how objects keep moving
#Archaeology
Your outie has a favourite excavation trowel and secretly believes it’s lucky.
Your outie can’t help mentally scanning every field they pass for cropmarks.
Your outie once got lost in a Harris Matrix.
Your outie has a folder of archaeological site plans they just find aesthetically pleasing.
Your outie can’t help mentally scanning every field they pass for cropmarks.
Your outie once got lost in a Harris Matrix.
Your outie has a folder of archaeological site plans they just find aesthetically pleasing.
March 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Your outie has a favourite excavation trowel and secretly believes it’s lucky.
Your outie can’t help mentally scanning every field they pass for cropmarks.
Your outie once got lost in a Harris Matrix.
Your outie has a folder of archaeological site plans they just find aesthetically pleasing.
Your outie can’t help mentally scanning every field they pass for cropmarks.
Your outie once got lost in a Harris Matrix.
Your outie has a folder of archaeological site plans they just find aesthetically pleasing.
Today is a reminder, not an exception. Women have always created, discovered, and shaped the world around us.
Happy Women's Day!
Happy Women's Day!
March 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today is a reminder, not an exception. Women have always created, discovered, and shaped the world around us.
Happy Women's Day!
Happy Women's Day!