Casted Glass Skulls

Glass artist, Mike Eader of Seattle, WA is here with his glass skulls that he created by making a sand casting mold and hot glass that he pours into place. They measure 7 inches long by 4 inches wide. Some get sandblasted and some are adorned with copper nails.

Glass happens to be one of my favorite mediums to see, but sometimes it can be fragile and finicky, which makes it that much more impressive when done done right. These skulls look fairly solid and heavy and rock with their 3 dimensional features. The addition of the nails is a brutally awesome look. I do wonder what one could do by etching designs on the face of these. Infinite possibilities! Thanks for the great submission, Mike!

Jeweled Skulls

Artist Joanne Davidson from Aberdeenshire, Scotland told us: “I wanted to learn how to cast with resin and after a few practices with resin and marble powder I realised how much like bone it came
out, no surprises that a skull would be the next thing I created.  I then sculptured a skull from terracotta clay and took a silicone cast of it.”



Joanne continued: “I love pointillism and monotony so casting plain skulls soon became mundane, I needed something a bit more challenging and like other artists out there I wanted to try the Damien Hirst Jeweled Skull. Using 5000 4mm rhinestones and 20 hours later I finally completed the skull.”
 

She went on: “Having now made quite few plain Jeweled ones I thought I'd try them with colours. The results were great, so I moved to do a little more complicated one. The leopard print one took a bit longer to do than the plain ones, but I loved doing it.”

 Bejeweled C says:

Thank you for sharing your truly inspiring work.  Having personally worked with these items in the past on a limited basis on this, I know the frustration and tediousness of how you need to interact with the material.  Creating with them on such a scale is a testament to your artistic talents.

Skull Made in Maine

Artist Josh Dow of Molten Metalworks in Maine sent us a sample of some of his current work.

He wrote: “I love the blog, my wife and I have small foundry in Maine where I've been making these Skulls recently as a side project. I thought you all might get a kick out of them.”

Zombie skull with exposed brain

Cthulhu skull

Green Cyborg Skull

Vacationland C says:

It is amazing the diversity of finished works that you are able to accomplish with your material and finishing methods. I have always loved the concept of the lost wax process in that in order to create you must first destroy what was previously created. It has such a theological nature to it as you are constantly participating in a cycle of birth-death-rebirth. Thank you for sharing this small sample of your recent work with us.

[BONUS] 391. Art-o-mat Anniversary Skulls

As part of the original Skull-A-Day project I created a limited edition of shrunken skulls for the 10th Anniversary of the Art-o-mat. This year I was invited to participate in the 10th anniversary celebration of the Art-o-mat's presence in my hometown of Richmond, VA.

This time I created a piece that fits exactly into the cigarette pack sized boxes that the Art-o-mat machines dispense. I molded it out of Sculpey, then had it cast in plaster and hand painted each one. This is an edition of only 20 specifically for the machine that will be at The Visual Arts Center of Richmond.

My work will be featured along 16 other local artists, including both of my parents! If you're in town I highly recommend coming to the opening event this Wednesday night since it will probably be your only chance to get one of these extremely rare pieces.