Sunday Simulacra - Version 7.40

Today's skulls were found on beaches. Marion found this piece of either worn shell or worn coral on Dead Man's Beach, in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia. Colin Kilpatric found this skull rock on a different beach. If you've found a simulacra skull, please submit it to us. We love sharing what our skull hunters find!

Sunday Simulacra - Version 7.25

Today's skulls are made of shells.

Dolores of Loudoun County, VA, found this skull on a beach in Outer Banks, NC. She explained, "Shelling on Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge we found ole Shelly Skull nestled among the sand and stones and bits of shell. He now resides on our bookshelf!

Tressy Baronem of Boynton Beach, FL, "found this skull on the beach in FL. This is exactly the way I found it, unaltered in any way. It is one of my favorite pieces as I am an avid skull collector."

Keep sending those pictures in, we always love seeing what our skull hunters find. Anyone is welcomed to participate, it's fun and it's easy. If you see a simulacra skull, photograph it and send those pictures in to our submissions address with a little something about what it is really and maybe a little about you.

Motivational Skulls

Today’s skulls are a by-product from two of the many recent lectures by The Skullmaster.

Jeannine Luby in Scranton, PA told us: “I heard Noah speak in Scranton PA in September and was inspired by his work. While on vacation in Williamsburg, VA I decided to create a skull from the shells I found at a beach along the James River.”


Cynthia wrote: “I just took Noah’s class during my MDC training over the last two weeks and when he was in Crotonville, we still had our masking tape art up on the wall. Well, as we were taking it down, I bunched it up into a ball and found myself forming this skull like shape. I really enjoyed the class. Thanks—”


C. Foley says:

It is wonderful to see how the Skullmaster’s influence is always paid forward in inspiring his past students. Thank you both for submitting you work for us to share. Also, if any of our readers who have been inspired directly by the Skullmaster or indirectly through one of the wonderful artists that we feature everyday, we would love to hear from you. Please send your work to our Submission Box.

Dia de la Abby: #13 - Shell Skull

This week, I went to Myrtle Beach, SC with my husband and daughter, for our wedding anniversary. On Tuesday, we went to the beach.


Before going to play in the water, I was determined to make a skull out of shells. With help from my daughter, we gathered a variety of shell pieces. I arranged them into a skull shape. It's sort of like a puzzle. I had to look at the shapes of the shells to decide placement. The largest ones with curved edges formed the curve of the head. The large "tooth like" ones, were used for teeth. The rest were used to fill in. My husband thought that I needed to make the shells look darker by using water to wet them. Alex (our daughter) accidentally left her sand toys at home, so with many handfuls of water (I'm sure I looked odd cupping my hands, filling them with water and then pouring the water onto a skull shaped with shells), this was achieved. I of course left the intact for others to see.

There is no tutorial for this one, because it's an arranged skull. With some time and effort, you can use anything to make an arranged skull. Just use your imagination.



Every week in the 4.0 year, I will be post my own Dia de la Abby posts as well as a tutorial with instructions on how I made my piece. 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 Twitter.

144. Peanut Shell (Peanuts Hell!) Skull

Arranged Peanut Shells. Longtime reader Monster Maniac suggested this material a while back.

82. (She Sells) Seaskull(s by the Seashore)

Seashell cut with Dremel tool.