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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Stained Glass Guitar Skulls

Megan Geer-Alsop is one heck of a stained glass artist living in Topanga, CA. She makes a lot of different pieces including stained glass guitar ambient light sculptures. Here's are a couple that she did for Dia de Los Muertos.

These are too cool! The stained glass work looks terrific with it's smooth lines and colors. Add that to the fact that it's on a guitar and the cool factor just tripled. Megan has other instruments and shapes to share on her site. Thanks for tuning your axes to the key of Skull-A-Day, Megan!

[BONUS] Skull Stencils In Use

Over the past few months, lots of you all have been submitting In Use photos of Noah's stencils. Here is a round up of those submission.

Antti Siitari from Finland, used the #9 Skull Stencil on the amp for an electric guitar.

 Marty Busch also used the #9 Skull Stencil. He explained, "I've used the skull stencil on a lot of stuff, really killer stencil! But last month (June 2012) I used it among other stuff on the doors of my '49 Ford F-1 pickup. Built it from scratch... Used the skull, with the lettering on one, used same but different stencil for star - it's all spray paint. Took about 3 hours with an xacto knife to cut both out, but check it out! Turned out good."

Russell Jones used the #9 Skull Stencil on a t-shirt. He "took a short class in screen printing and here is a couple of photos of one of the t-shirts I made.  Kind of prototype at the moment but I think they came out ok."

Avery Dennis used multiple stencils to decorate a skateboard (skullboard?). He used the #9 Skull Stencil, #232 Stylized Stencil Skull, and #38. Quoth the Skull cut out.

Jessica Boudreaux used the #232 Stylized Stencil Skull to adorn a t-shirt.

Stacy Asher, Wisconsin said, "I loved the 'I Heart Skulls' stencil (Skull Appreciation Day Stencil) that you put out over the summer. I had been looking for the perfect place to put it when I realized that I could combine my 2 favorite things. Making quilts and collecting skulls. So this was my result."

We love seeing how you all use the Free Stuff that is available on Skull-A-Day. As you can see, there is always a great variety of ways to use the different skulls we offer. If you have made something using any of the Free Stuff skulls, please submit it to us! 

Assemblage Skull

Marilyn Cummins of Invincible Summer Studios in Columbia, Missouri wrote: “I created this skull from a broken guitar body, torn wallpaper collage, a stick of memory, an oven knob and paint. It is called ‘Je ne suis pas mort’ --- ‘I am not dead.’ ”

Skull with Artist showing the size of the piece

3-Chord C says:

That local folk cover band for “The Who” really knows how to rock out! Thank you for sharing this cool piece. I enjoy your ability to assemble found objects into great work of art. By the way, this would have been the perfect pick to use with your work.

113. Skull Pick

Guitar Pick Carved with Dremel Tool. I found the pick in a bar in NYC the other night.