Skeletubes!

My hand-painted reclaimed vacuum tubes are finally for sale online!



At the Skeletubes store you'll find several versions of the minimalist Skeletube Army in a nifty bag/tag package.



You'll also find the highly detailed one-of-a-kind brainac style tubes.



Be sure to check the store from time to time as I'll be adding new variations and packaging in 2013!

[BONUS] 405. Skeletube Army II

I'm continuing to experiment with painting vacuum tubes...

This time I created 20 larger size ones in special packaging for the upcoming Bizarre Market Holiday sale here in Richmond, VA. These will be available exclusively at the market November 23 – December 24 after which I will sell any remaining ones through the Skull-A-Day store.

Expect to see the next stage of this project sometime in 2013.

[BONUS] 401. Skeletube Army

In honor of the 15th anniversary of the Art-o-mat project I created this army of painted vacuum tubes!

Since I needed to make a lot of them to swap with other artists at this weekend's Art-o-mat event in DC, I decided I needed to come up with a simpler idea than the complex painted tubes I'd done previously.

In this case I designed a simple skeleton which I painted in acrylic on the smallest tubes I had, ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 inches (approx 3.8 to 6.4 cm). Thanks to Joe The Tube Amp Guy who provided me with some of the tubes I used for this project! If you need your tube based gear fixed, he's your guy.

5 years ago I made a group of skulls as part of my original 365 project for the 10th anniversary of the Art-o-mat!

And last year I made a special edition skull for the 10th anniversary of the project in my hometown Richmond, VA.

[BONUS] 396/397 Skull Tubes II & III

So I'm continuing with my new idea of painting vacuum tubes...

Most of the ones I own have this extra bump at the top so I decided to try leaving it unpainted giving you a peek inside and making them have a bit of an alien/robot feel.

I think these guys need a name. Any suggestions?

Also I may start selling these soon. If/when I do, what do you think would be a reasonable price?