Stone Skull Carvings

Sam Sutherland most recently submitted his amazing skull table, and today he's back with more excellent carvings. I liked all of these equally so I had to share them all. The first and third skulls are created from marble, and the second set(with two skulls) are macedonian limestone and conchuela limestone.







Stone carving is one of the most primitive and ancient art forms, yet it's still one of the most impressive. I really love the historic feeling you get even when a piece was just recently finished. The ability to create such smooth characters from the hard minerals is a talent that I could only hope to acheive...but for now I'll just continue being a blockhead. Thanks again for the impressive skull work, Sam!

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Limestone Skull Table

Today we're pulling up another skull table to our Skull Cafe with a visit from Samuel Sutherland of Sanata Barbara, Ca. Samuel writes, "The 'skull table' is sculpted by me out of conchuela limestone, which comes from the Yucatan, and is composed of tons and tons of fossilised sea shells and coral. The black spots on the corner skulls are all level for a sheet of glass to be placed on them. The stone sculpture took me more than three weeks of solid work to complete."





I'd like to reserve this table for my visit to the Skull Cafe. Simply put, this is amazing. The detail and design are phenomenal and it's just that much cooler having the fossils in it. Awesome work, Samuel! Thanks for offering a table that perfectly fits into our space.