Sug(uit)ar Skull Birdhouse

This wonderfully upcycled guitar turned sugar skull birdhouse is from Alexie Rutledge in Texas.  We love seeing items being repurposed, and if it happens to promote skull art then it definitely catches our eye.  Thanks for sharing this, Alexie!

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Mosaic Skulls

Silvia Rosenfelder-Schechtel is an artist from Merritt, BC. She's been working in mosaics for the past 3 years. We had a conversation about her artwork, asking how it was made...an existing or original skull. Since we normally only post artwork that has a handmade skull, she created this new piece for us to share. This wall piece is 12" x 17". It's made of hand cut mirror and tiles. To show her range of work, I included the sculpture and birdhouse, which show great reuse of old things. You can see more of Silvia's work, check out her Facebook page, MS Creations.

Kerosene’s Skulls

Kerosene from Montreal, Quebec, Canada sent us a pair of skulls she made.

First she told us: “I've been a fan of Noah's blog since ‘310. Googly Eye Skull’ from the original year and skulls, well forever. One day I decided to carve a skull out of a small potato and stamp it, with white acrylic paint, down the outside seam of a pair of black jeans.”


Next she said: “Well I couldn't resist sending this picture of my just finished (ready to be moved into) birdhouse. ”

Frank C. Wright says:

Thank you for staying a fan over the years. It is always a joy to know that we have inspired someone to go forth and make their own skull art. Since you became a fan later in the original project perhaps you may have missed another of the Skullmaster’s notable creations here. The potato is such a wonderful art tool that is often forgotten. With the bird house I really like your use of the skull and bone motif to accent the lattice work, it would be interesting to try to replicate this with full size lattice. Thank you again for submitting your work and being such a loyal fan.

Sunday Simulacra - Version 3.22

As one of the editors of Skull-A-Day I find it exceedingly easy to spot the everyday skulls that surround us. Let me take today to share a few of the skulls I've found since my recent move.

This pair of birdhouse skulls reside in my Mother's house. I don't think she even knows about them.


This is the USB cable for my mp3 player. I never noticed the robotic skull on it until I went to add some new music the other day.


And this ominous looking toadstool popped up in the yard. Maybe it knew I was here and just wanted to say "Hi!".


To all of you skull hunters out there, keep sending those pictures in to our submissions address. Just keep in mind that since we only post simulacra once a week it might take a little longer than normal for it to be posted.