Harvest Mask Skull

Antonio Bopp has put together a great work of reusing nature's gifts for the sake of skull art. His letter describes his efforts best- "Over the last 10 years I have dedicated my life to understanding “The American Agricultural Landscape”. My journey began on a small farm in upstate N.Y. I was chosen to participate in the newly formed “Farm Apprentice Program” offered by the Catskill Mountain Foundation. Located in The Village of Hunter, New York. The C.M.F. operates two farms following the “Natural Agriculture Method” inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka an Agricultural Scientist, Author/Farmer. His teachings focused on understanding the subtle physical relationships and spiritual bonds that exist in soil health, farmer, the people who eat the food and the society in which they live. I trained under Farm Manager Kenji Ban in everything from seed saving, soil management, raised bed construction, harvest, C.S.A. program and local farmers markets. These skull masks are called "Harvest Masks" inspired by Native American Agricultural Methods. These creations can be placed on a wall or soaked in water for 48 hours and buried to grow food. Most of these seeds are saved from the years growing season."

Completely righteous and peaceful. Love it! Thanks for sharing your harvest with us, Antonio!

Avocado Seed Sugar Skulls

Camille Stevens, in Houston, TX submitted these skulls. She said, "I hand carve and sell necklace pendants out of avocado seeds, including these sugar skulls."

I like seeing tiny carved objects. Remind me of miniature trinkets from world travels. These look like little shrunken heads. Real shrunken heads are made by drying the skin on a coconut and decreasing the size of the nut until the final desired size is achieved. These carved avocado seeds remind me of Noah's Acorn Skulls. I read on Camille's Facebook Page, that she's collecting avocado seeds and giving discounts in exchange for usable ones. Definitely a good reason to make some guacamole and send her your seeds.


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