Braincase XXV

Beaucoup worldwide submissions! (received 12/2 - 12/9)

Birdsong and a friend made this amazing piece for a sandcastle contest in April of 2006! Sadly they didn't win.











Brian Roach, who works at Spin, a bike shop in Ohio, found this awesome simulacra while unpacking boxes!











Ria spotted this great teapot by Dragoncat on Etsy!












Carol sent these fun pictures of decorations and her daughters hand from a trip to Disneyland during a Dia de Los Muertos celebration there!
















Didi sent this nifty image!















Keltie shared these terrific Mexican sugar skull inspired masks she made! She was also inspired by Skull-A-Day to start her own "A Day" project! Be sure to check out 365 Masks which she started on January 1st, she's made some really amazing work already!





















Griff, who works in Urgent care in Juneau, Alaska, shared this nifty image which he used for his first skull tattoo!













Mogy in Australia showed of his fantastic airbrush works!


















Chuck spotted these lovely (but very expensive) scarves in Dublin, Ireland!














Patti pointed out these incredible needlefelting pieces by Stephanie Metz!










Pablo showed off his cute "Violet"!












My friend Sarah found this pretty Skullerfly necklace by Claire Storrow at No-One!














Suzanne in Salem, MA shared some of her terrific "nutskull" illustration series!













Mutant Slave pointed out the fantastic dancing puppet at RavensBlight. Be sure to explore their full range of free papercraft toys!













Robin, a graphic designer in Paris, made this nifty piece!











Jim Reynolds found these great hand-painted ornaments by akyramoto on eBay!












Martini missed out on this keen carved piece on eBay!















Cheryl's co-worker Rebecca made these fabulous cupcakes for her birthday!











Samantha, an osteologist(!), made these wonderful pieces!






































Denis Fontaine, an art teacher, sent in this fine work by one of his students!













Moose showed off the fun work of Igor Siwanowicz!














Philippe Comtesse made this awesome "skullpture" using my Cocoa Stencil! The piece, titled "About the process" , is made with concrete powder and water and he says he hopes to make it part of his graduation exhibition!











My friend Jackie sent this fantastic photo of her son Dagan dressed as a skull pirate!










AND

A huge thanks to Larry Pierson of Pearson Metal Art who made this simply gorgeous set of skulls for me out of 1/8in. steel using my Cocoa Stencil!


Thanks again everyone!

--

You are welcome to submit your own found/made skulls at the address in the upper right-hand corner of the site. But please read the following FIRST:

1. Be sure to include your name as you would like it to appear on the site.
2. Let me know if there is a website you would like YOUR name linked to.
3. I would prefer if you made or took the images yourself.
4. If you find the image online you MUST do the following or it will not be included:

• Do NOT send just a direct link to an image file (jpeg, gif, png, etc.).
  
• Attach the actual image in the e-mail.
  
• Give the name of the original artist (and a link to that artists' work if available).
• Provide a link to a web page where the art came from (if it wasn't directly from the artist's site)

5. If you are sending an image of your own tattoos be sure to include the artist's name, location, and website (if available) so I can give them proper credit.
6. I won't repost items I've received before so be sure to check previous Braincase posts.
7. Please be patient it will take around 5-6 weeks for new submissions to be posted.
8. Don't forget you can see your items in the sidebar right away if you post them to Flickr and include the tag "skulladay".

Thanks!

223. Recycled Skull Ring

Cut, Soldered, & Bent 14K White & Yellow Gold Wedding Ring. Here's the process of converting a wedding ring into a skull ring:
The edges were cut off (1) and bent into two curves which were welded together into the "X" shaped ring. The interior band was cut into a series of segments(2), which were filed to add detail(3), then stacked(4) and soldered together. The resulting skull was sanded and chiseled into it's final shape. The eyes & nose were oxidized to darken them and the skull was soldered onto the ring base and polished.

A huge thanks to my friend Tere at My Precious Studio who allowed me to work in her studio and helped me with the process (and actually did the soldering and polishing for me!). Please check out her work it's really terrific.

222. Rorschach Skull

Digital Ink Blot Illustration. This is a psychological test, there are no wrong answers. Just stare at the image and and tell me what you see...

221. Lino Skull #2

Linocut Print (8in x 10in). This one is honor of my friend Elin who started her own "A Day" project on January 1st, making relief prints, be sure to check it out!

Skull-A-Day Press: Trendhunter Magazine

"A Skull-A-Day Keeps The Neighbors Away.

The image of a skull brings to mind thoughts of pirates, poison, and the mortality of man.

Skulladay.blogspot.com is a web site dedicated to celebrating this object by posting one image of anything skull-like per day. Images include subjects such as tattoos, t-shirts, graffiti, drawings, and last but not least, weird likenesses. The end product will be a book featuring all of the skull-submissions."

On Trendhunter
January 10, 2008

220. Five Golden Skulls

One Length of Hand Bent 24 Gauge Metal Wire (4.5 in x 7 in). Be sure to click on the image and see the large version as the compression on the small version doesn't do it justice.

219. Skull-Master

Cut & Arranged Vintage View-Master Slides.

Big News...

Hey folks, I am very pleased and excited to announce...

Skull-A-Day is going to made into a book by the wonderful people at Lark Books!

Thanks for being such supportive readers I couldn't have done this project without you. I'll keep you updated as details come.

And a big thanks to my super agent Kate for making the book a reality!

218. Found Metal Skull #3

Hammered, Cut, & Bent Found Metal (2 in x 2 in). I found this ring-pull can top on the street the other day, good thing I've had a recent tetanus shot! It could even be related to this guy.

And the winner is...

Well since this isn't a presidential election and the voting was so close right up until the end I'm gonna go ahead and make BOTH the 13 Line Skull AND Ornament(al) Skull T's!



I'll be putting together a pre-order page soon, but note I've got to get rid of the last of the Quoth The Skull T's first, so this is your last chance to get one before they're all gone.

Thanks again to everyone for voting!

217. Cotton Ball Skull

Arranged Cotton Balls (14 in x 20 in).

Braincase XXIV

Oodles of Worldwide Submissions! (received November 26 - December 2)

Daniel caught his boyfriend making this cool tag on his car!












Deena B. spotted this great graffiti in Glasgow, Scotland while visiting from California!










B13 spotted an eerie image in the top right of this photo he found online.











Lisa showed off the logo and a floor mosaic by Reed Garland from her favorite dive bar in Washington DC: Jimmy Valentine's Loney Hearts Club!



















My friend Phil snapped this awesome pic driving on Highway 301 in Delawar near Port Penn.










Mim spotted these crystal studded skull items in a Vercy Village shop in Paris.








...and this odd display outside of a restaurant on the Left Bank in Paris!















Drew shared this nifty photo of his bar from his holiday party invite!










The folks at Monstar showed off their keen T-shirt designs!











Tatman made this terrific spirograph using Qbesq!













FX artist Christian Hansen made this absolutely fantastic sculpture!














Dennis showed off his skulltastic living room!











Phoebe in South Korea sent in the image of her super cute tattoo!










Senhor Leo discovered this sneaky skull hiding on his cell phone!













Damon at Headstone City showed off his excellent horror themed T-shirts!











Moose pointed out this intriguing tutorial on perception, which includes several skull examples, including this Dior ad!










Eric Reinertson did a really nice job working with the Skullphabet skull in MS Paint!












A request from Peter Ha: "This is random question/request, but is there any way you could post something on the site asking if any Londoners could snap a photo in Westminster Abbey of a carving in one of the walls of a tomb of a skull/wings/hourglass. It's fairly relevant to the site and would help me from spending a grand to get back there to take the photo myself. Thanks, man. The site fuels my obsession/addiction. Heh." How 'bout it folks?


And finally another terrific skull themed trailer from Trailers from Hell, this time for Carnage, with commentary by Edgar Wright (Shaun of The Dead)...



Thanks again everyone!

--

You are welcome to submit your own found/made skulls at the address in the upper right-hand corner of the site. But please read the following FIRST:

1. Be sure to include your name as you would like it to appear on the site.
2. Let me know if there is a website you would like YOUR name linked to.
3. I would prefer if you made or took the images yourself.
4. If you find the image online you MUST do the following or it will not be included:

• Do NOT send just a direct link to an image file (jpeg, gif, png, etc.).
  
• Attach the actual image in the e-mail.
  
• Give the name of the original artist (and a link to that artists' work if available).
• Provide a link to a web page where the art came from (if it wasn't directly from the artist's site)

5. If you are sending an image of your own tattoos be sure to include the artist's name, location, and website (if available) so I can give them proper credit.
6. I won't repost items I've received before so be sure to check previous Braincase posts.
7. Please be patient it will take around 5-6 weeks for new submissions to be posted.
8. Don't forget you can see your items in the sidebar right away if you post them to Flickr and include the tag "skulladay".

Thanks!

216. Copper Cube Skull

Cut and Soldered 18 Gauge Copper Sheet (1in x 1in x 1in). All six sides show a different view of the skull. A huge thanks to Carra Rose for teaching me how to use this material, letting me work in her studio, and helping with soldering!

A limited edition of 5 of these in sterling silver will be made and sold by Carra for $300 each. For details go HERE. And yes it can be worn as jewelry...

215. (Break The) Ice Skull

Arranged Found Ice (approx. 8in. x 8in). Yesterday was the first day this winter that temperatures didn't reach above freezing so there are patches of ice here and there. I found these pieces on top of a frozen sewer drain about a block from my house this morning. And yes, amazingly the center piece already had that rather skull-like appearance!

Skullpaper, Gaskets Edition

I recently created a special wallpaper version of the Ornament(al) Skull for my friends The Gaskets. Check it out in use (for a limited time only) on their site (and be sure to listen to their music as well!).

p.s. I should note that b13 submitted some lovely wallpaper suggestions using the Ornament(al) Skull shortly after I made it (great minds think alike!), so keep an eye out for them in a future Braincase.

214. Numeral Skull

Arranged Numbers 1 - 9 & Zero in Caslon Regular.

213. Floppy Skull v2.0

5.25 Inch Floppy Cut with Xacto (5.25 in x 5.25 in). Still working my way through outdated media types (thanks again to Kim in Australia for sending me the floppies!). What formats have I missed?

212. Scribble Skull

China Marker on Paper (7 in x 7.5 in).