3D Quilted Skull

Rebekah Kortokraks, aka Trixie Delite, of Brighton, UK, created this 3D quilted textile skull. She explained "The skull represents death and darkness. As the warmth and light of spring approached..., I created the flowers and butterflies which represent growth, hope and transformation." "I was inspired by Carl Jung's theory of 'the gold in the shadow': his belief that what consciousness rejects is often the stuff of life that may give it its highest value. 'One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious' - Jung. I wanted to transform the skull (an object that is generally regarded as morbid and creepy) into a thing of beauty." I use a mix of life and death in my skull artwork, so I can definitely related to how she views her creation. To see what else Rebekah is creating, check out her Blog, and Facebook page.

A look at the other side of the skull.

Baroque Crocheted Skull

Espe Cialidades crocheted this baroque skull. If you are familiar with baroque artwork, it's commonly gilded, meaning covered with gold. This gold yarn is the perfect choice for this baroque inspired skull. I like the blend of baroque and sugar skull elements. You can find more of her work on Facebook.

DIY Vintage Lace Sugar Skull T-shirt

Debi Beard of Debi's Design Diary created this fabulous sugar skull using vintage lace and beads on a t-shirt. Debi shared how to make this shirt in a great video tutorial. You can download the template from her blog post, or create your own template. I love seeing how people create skulls from non-traditional art materials. This lace sugar skull is very wearable and unexpected. I might have to follow Debi's tutorial myself and make my own version. You can find out what else Debi is creating, on her Facebook, YouTube, and blog.

To learn how to create this Vintage Lace Sugar Skull T-shirt, follow this handy tutorial.

Skull Portrait

Rachel Martin of Baldock, Herts, UK submitted this piece. She explains, "It is a portrait of my elder sister, a London Rollergirl named 'Spooky Von Strange' drawn in a Mexican Sugar Skull style. I used pencil, tissue paper, paper rose petals, vintage doilies, transfers and bits of old jewelry.  I am really happy with the finished piece and gave the original to my sister for her birthday."

I like these sort of morbid portraits of the living. They remind me of mortuary photos, but are more artistic. The use of layers in this piece is a nice variation that make the piece more personalized. It's a beautiful piece. Rachel's sister is a lucky gal.

Lace Skeletons

I was looking at a fashion set made by someone and noticed a skeleton made of lace. With some research, I found out this beautiful work of art was made by Sandrine Pelletier. She works with many mediums in unusual and beautiful ways. The Lacex collection is by far my favorite. Sandrine is a Swiss based artist that "works in a variety of media including sculpture, textile, drawing, installation and performance."

Engel (Angel)

Engel (Angel)

Engel (Angel)

Engel (Angel)

Hydra

White Snake

[Flashback Friday] #109. Jumbo Lace Skull

Welcome to another addition of Flashback Friday.** This year the guest editors, Citizen Agent, Tatman, and myself, Azurafae, are taking turns counting down our personal favorite 17 skulls from the Original 365.25 Year. So please join us as we visit the archives and add our additional commentary on some of the original pieces.

2. #109. Jumbo Lace Skull


I'm very girly, I love lace. Lace is one of the most beautiful fabrics and trims. It can make something basic into something very elegant. Of course, when I saw this piece, I was in love. This was made at the Etsy Labs in NYC. If you're not familiar with Etsy, it's a online shopping site with goods from artisans. Noah's skull fascination (for which we all share), fits in well with their aesthetic. If you all would like to see Noah create this piece, view the video below. He starts making it about half way through the video. The rest of the video is inspirational information about the project, which is also good to watch.

**Flashback Friday was a weekly countdown of the fan selected top 52 skulls of Skull-A-Day 1.o. Each week during year 3.0 The Skullmaster posted the original skull along with some additional commentary in order from lowest to highest rated, with the #1 skull appearing in the last week of year 3.0, all 52 can be found here.

Lace and Rainbow Skulls

Our friend Mario Martinez Pitarch from Barcelona revisits a couple of originals in a whole new way. His lace skull is a new edition of Noah's 109. Lace Skull.



And I hope Mario doesn't mind but I have dubbed this piece his "Rainbow Rorshach Skull" because it reminds me so much of Noah's 222. Rorshach Skull.


Once again this proves that skulls don't always have to be bony and brittle or bloody and gory. There are many ways to accentuate that cranium within all of us. Thanks for the reminder, Mario.

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109. Jumbo Lace Skull

Arranged Lace (4ft x 5ft [1.2m x 1.5m]). I visited the super cool Etsy Labs in NYC today and met a bunch of the awesome creative people that work there. They gave me free reign to create a skull out of whatever was at hand. I chose to tear into a giant bag of lace remnants and create this jumbo skull on one of their work tables. They filmed the process and interviewed me, so expect to see this on their site in the near future! Thanks again to everyone there for the fun visit! Find out more about Etsy Labs HERE.