Clay Skulls

Ryan P. Kinney of Ashtabula, OH likes to play with dirt. Especially the clay kind. These three little guys(L to R- Jacque, Clay, & Graff) were made by Ryan from clay. Jacque and Graff are made from polymer clay and spray painted. Clay, my personal favorite, comes with a better story from Ryan, "Clay is made from natural earth clay from the first shovel of dirt in the groundbreaking when I built my barn. He was never baked or fired, but is still hard as a rock and has been solid for 4 years." Thanks for not being afraid of getting dirty, Ryan!

Glass Earth Skull

Olivier JUTEAU from France is an artist glass maker. Here is his description of the skull, "CÆLUM CAPITIS". It is a "Glass skull with Earth inside, and with transparency you can see in relief continents, because they are molded in hollow on internal face." It's sitting on a piece of steel slag. The description on his site is beautifully written. I suggest translating it.

This is amazingly beautiful. I'm in awe with the level of detail in this. This immediately reminded me of the Nazca skulls that are made of crystal, that are found in more places than just Nazca, Peru. It's fitting that this one has the world molded into the glass. The roughness of the steel slag is a good juxtaposition to the smoothness of the glass skull. The texture of the slag also has a smoothness, which compliments the skull. Overall the piece is well done and fascinating.