This is the second year of this annual event and I was asked to be the keynote speaker. In addition I did a book signing...
and my Papercraft Skull was included in the craft-making portion of the day...
As a bonus a small selection of my original Skulls were put on display...
And my Skull Chair also made an appearance in their ofrenda that was set up for just the day...
I also got a personal tour of their amazing collection of medical oddities (including more skulls than I could count) by curator Anna Dhody, who was the person who actually brought me to the event...
It was a great conclusion to my intense month of touring and a perfect way to celebrate Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos. Thanks again to everyone at the Mütter for their hospitality! If you haven't been to the museum yet, do yourself a favor and go the next time you're in Philly, it truly is a skull-lovers paradise!p.s. I also filmed an interview with the museum director Dr. Robert Hicks for his program "No Bones About It" while I was there, so expect to see that as soon as it's online.
3 comments:
Oh wow - I have to go next year! I've been dying to go to that museum for years (no pun intended but if I had a medical oddity, I would give them my corpse:)
next year!
thanks for the turn-on
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that is all very exciting. That museum is very creepy. I lived in Philly for 2 years and never went until last year when I went with my best friend. I love the paper craft skull. It's like a little sculpture.
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