Tuesdays With Tatman #14

As fall sets in it brings with it the beginning of a new school year. Students despair, parents rejoice, and teachers start counting the days until their next 3 month vacation(at least here in America they do). Today's skull is for this month's "Back To Skull" contest. Pens, pencils, and erasers are always necessary supplies for school, so be sure to pack your eraskull to ward off those cheaters.



Don't forget to participate in this month's "Back To Skull" contest by making your own school supply skull. Make it from anything you find in a school setting. Who knows, you might actually learn something while you're at it. Now wouldn't that make your teacher proud?

Each Tuesday in the 3.0 year will bring a new Tuesday With Tatman. As a tribute to the Skull Master's astounding feat let's all get creative and try something new(and hopefully skull related).

281. Kneaded Eraskull

Sculpted Kneaded Eraser (1.75in x 1.25in x 1.75in [4.4cm x 3.2cm x 4.4cm]). If you're not familiar with kneaded erasers go here.

[Flashback Friday] 281. Kneaded Eraskull

Flashback Friday is a weekly countdown of the fan selected top 52 skulls of Skull-A-Day 1.0. Each week I'll be posting an original skull along with some additional commentary in order from lowest to highest rated, with the #1 skull appearing in the last week of year 3 of the project...

#35: 281. Kneaded Eraskull

I've always enjoyed playing with kneaded erasers when I've used them, they have a terrific tactile quality and it turns out they're a very satisfying sculpting medium to work with as well. The piece is actually hollow, so it fairly delicate, but it has survived and even made an appearance in the Skull-A-Day art show After Life.

Pen and Eraser Skull

James Wilkinson from Great Britain sent us this wonderful skull he made from pens and erasers


Sword C says:

Some of my favorite skulls are everyday objects skullfully arranged into a brand new pattern they are not normally known for. This piece even has another great dimension to it in the tension it creates by unifying the delicate balance between tools of creation and destruction. Another aspect that drew me in was that you used the objects of your art to create this piece instead of using them to actually create a piece. Thank you for submitting this work for us to share.

Student Skulls

Teacher Rebecca Flowers sent in a couple pictures of skulls made by Walker Upper Elementary School students. They were visited by our very own Skullmaster last month you can see their formal thanks here.

Ms. Flowers told us: “One is made out of pencil eraser tops and the other is made out of Legos. The Lego creator ran out of white Legos and improvised with a red Lego bandanna on his skull.”


3rd period C says:

What a perfect way to celebrate a Friday! I love being able to feature the work of up and coming artists as well as see the inspiration of our daily influence on the future of art and culture or as Richard Florida may see them future creative class types. Thanks again for sharing this work.

** You can flashback to more skull erasers and legos at the links.

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