Headlight Skullpture

What do you do with an old motorcycle headlight, a couple of gears, and a desire to recycle in the name of skull art?  You do what Bon Barde does and create this happy looking headlight skullpture.  He looks happy because he's been saved from the scrap yard and given new life.  Thanks for sharing the smile with us today, Bon!

Steampunk Craniometer

Every so often we get the pleasure of seeing some work that is only best explained by it's creator. Today's awesome work is from Art Donovan so I'll let him take over from here...

Craniometer

The following is from Art's website
"Shiva Mandala. My most complex work to date.

The Center is hand painted and duplicated from an ancient astrolabe created in 1291 by Muhammad Ali Bakr, the great Persian scientist. Ancient Persian text is inscribed in gold and the Rete is hand cut polycarbonate (translucent).

The Shiva slowly rotates @ 1RPM. A 24 hour clock with masonic, past master compasses and mariners' quadrant has a swinging pendulum with a holographic, All Seeing Eye. The skull is full-sized and supported in a handmade mahogany gimbal with brass rods.

Masonic symbology throughout the design.

Designed and entirely hand made by Art Donovan. Featured at the historic Oxford Museum Steampunk exhibition."

Shiva Mandala

Where do I begin with all that I love about this piece?  The skull of course!  I adore all of the symbolism that covers many, many walks of life.  A rich tapestry displayed to teach us lessons of time, value, morality, and balance.  I personally want to meet Art upon the level, act upon the plumb with my sincerest thanks, and part upon the square in wishing him the best of luck with all of his glorious endeavors.  Thanks, Art!   

Steampunk(?) Skullpture

Today, Teresa Reaver  presents us with, "A sculpture piece I completed in Mexico for De La Los Muertos this year."  It appears to me to be a combination of steampunk and stone.

Teresa's work is wonderful in many ways. She uses a lot of different elements in her work (stone, metal, glass, wood) and the details are astounding. Check out this thoughtful skeleton if you want to see more. Thanks for sharing your work, Teresa!

[BONUS] 406. Gear Skull II

Carlton Kotalo of Spiderbite Studios, commissioned me to make a skull of gears and this is the result...

Made entirely with vintage watch gears, the skull itself is actually only about 5 x 6 in (12.7 x 15.24 cm).

Dia de la Abby #39: Cog Skull

This skull is inspired by Steampunk and clock making. I had bought these tiny watch parts to make jewelry and accessories with. I had a brown piece of thin faux leather. I though pairing the two would work well for a Steampunk influenced piece. I've loved Victorian and Sci-Fi since I was a child, which are two components in the Steampunk genre. I love the morbid and proper aesthetic of Victorian. The allure is in the mystery of a person. This plays into Sci-Fi (Science Fiction) well. My mom introduced me into this world of curiosity and wonder at a young age. I appreciate that every day. As far as clock work goes, well the cogs are from watches. I love that something so important can be made of tiny fragile parts. To give you a sense of scale, the largest cog (gold, top right) is about the size of a US nickel. Not only are they fragile due to size, but they are thin, have serrated edges and are sharp. I love something that is deadly and beautiful.



Every week in the 4.0 year, I will 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 Facebook.

Steampunk Skull

Kevin Mowrer, a concept artist from Barrington, Rhode Island sent us this skull. It's "a skull design I have developed for the Steampunk Frankenstein re-imagining I've been doing on my blog", Mower Art.

With the Steampunk World's Fair coming up in May, I've had my mind fixated on machines, Victorian things and metal work. This Steampunk influenced skull fit right into my mindset. I love the ornate detail accentuating the shapes and functions of a skull. It's very futuristic machinist, yet also reminds me of ornate tibetan skulls. I would love to see this as a physical skull. It would be even more amazing.