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!

Bow Skulls and Heart Bones Nails

Kelli King wanted to make her nail art skulls fun and different, so she gave them bow. "Whoever said skulls had to be scary never put a pink bow on one."

I love skull nail art. Each artist has their own interpretation. Kelli used bows on her skulls and hearts with her crossed bones to create a cute nail art look. To learn how to make Kelli's skull nails, check out her YouTube video tutorial. Additional photos can be found on her blog, You Got Nailz.

Skull and Filigree Nails

Bianca from Boston, MA, "painted some nail art skulls" and filigree.

I love nail art. Skull nail art of course is even more interesting to me. I love the simplicity of the skulls, though from experience, I know it takes several hours to do even a simple design. The added filigree is a nice accent. The base coat appears to be a iridescent clear shimmer polish. Bianca does nail art every week. Check out her blog for new designs.

Dia de la Abby #62: Skull Nails

This is inspired by my trip this coming weekend to the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, PA and skull nail art by Alice and The Daily Nail.

This was one of the hardest projects that I've done. I've been painting my nails for over 20 years, so I thought I could easily do this. Nope. In fact, what you see is my 2nd attempt at doing this. My other design was too messy, small and cartoonish for my liking. However, my daughter liked it, so I'll paint her nails with cartoon like skulls. If you would like to learn how to do this nail polish design, go to the tutorial.


Every other Thursday in the 5.0 year, I will post my own Dia de la Abby creations   Every Thursday in the 4.0 year, I posted my Dia de la Abby creations and occasionally tutorials with instructions on how I made my pieces. Hopefully you feel inspired by my posts just as I was by Noah's Skull-A-Day 1.0 daily project. Need more of me than just a weekly dose, follow me on  Facebook, Google+ and/or Twitter.

Skull Nails

Alice Cabrelle, of Nails by Alice, from north of Italy, sent us this nail art she did on her nails.

I am one of those ladies who LOVES nail polish, so this caught my attention immediately when I saw it. I know from years of painting designs on my toe nails (I work with my hands, so finger nail polish chips too fast for me.), that it's tedious to make sure your design is exactly the way you want it. I'm really impressed with the details in these designs. I haven't painted designs on my nails in years, but this really inspires me to get creative with them. I'm changing my polish today!

Hardware Skull

Returning contributor Sharon Pazner, from Tel Aviv, Israel, wrote: “A paper skull I made was featured on [this] site last November. I have now made a new skull using rusty nails, screws and a bolt I scanned.”

Bartender C says:

This is a truly amazing piece. Thanks so much for submitting your work again. I know the Skullmaster is always happy to see how much his original project continues to inspire both the long time visitors and all the newcomers just finding us.


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61. (Hit the) Nail (on the) Skull

Arranged 6d 2" Bright Common Nails.