Skull Patterns

M Ryan Taylor of American Fork, Utah made this excellent tessellating block print collage called "Bats 'n Skulls"...


And Dave Hull of Marblehead, Massachusetts made this lovely piece with a subtle skull in it called "Pretty Butterfiles"...

Cut Paper Skull

Sharon Pazner made this fantastic skull from one sheet of cut paper. More of her work can be seen HERE...

SKULLS events: Petersburg, Virginia

UPDATE 11/11: Due to circumstances beyond my control this event has been cancelled. We are working on rescheduling it for the Spring. I'll announce the new details when I have them.

Hey folks just set up another SKULLS book signing...

Friday, November 14th - 6-10pm
Sycamore Rouge
21 West Old Street (map)
Petersburg, VA 23803
804.957.5707

Please stop by and say "hi" if you're in the area. There will be books for sale, and I'll even have a few of the original pieces with me. Plus it's Friday for the Arts, so there'll be plenty to do!

[BONUS UPDATE] The Fate of #274 Frog Skull (and Skeleton!)

On March 3rd, my skull for the day was made from hand cut copper sheet and glass: #274 Frog Skull (and Skeleton!)...


A few weeks later it was put into a kiln with some other work by my friend Carrie who kindly let me use her studio and materials for this piece. The molten glass is actually glowing red hot in the just opened kiln...



It's been waiting to be photographed on my desk ever since I got it back. The copper has turned red and escaping gasses have caused the bubbles to form...

Tiny Bloody Skull

Biroe in Salt Lake City, Utah created this gorgeous little illustration...

Simulacra Sunday - Round 16

What is it with skulls and beer? Scott McBride from South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania found one hiding is his pint recently...



Cullen Paradise in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, found this skull-y mushroom (and may have helped it along just a little bit)...



And Death Drop discovered this skull rock...

Little Putty Skull

LunaChick says, "This is a skull pin I made out of 'Mighty Putty'. I melted black crayon on him and used sharpie marker and paint on him for the black parts. He also has a few coats of glow in the dark paint."...

Fly Skull

Ian at Hahapress created this awesome piece called "Buzzkill"...

Skull Buckle

Another gorgeous carved belt buckle by John Winston...

Bunny Skull

Marine Beloir from Bordeaux, France made this sweet little plushie she calls "Freaky Skeleton Lapinoux"...

Dessert Skulls

I got several yummy food skull submissions recently:

Kate made a giant chocolate chip cookie bar skull...



Dino made a skull cake...



And Ryan Kirkpatrick in Calgary, Alberta, Canada made a skull out of an Oreo cookie...

Chicken Skull

I think this may be the oddest submission yet! Cabbage Dragon in Los Angeles made this amusing character and even wrote a short story about him...

Scanner Sunday - round 2

Taking yet another break from the usual Simulacra Sunday to bring you some more scanner images, this time the scans are actually from an MRI that was done on the head of Mia who kindly shared them...

Skull-A-Day Press: The Font Feed

Skull-A-Day Featured on The Font Feed




Check it out here!


www.fontfeed.com
Saturday, November 1, 2008

Mexican Skulls

Artist Dr. Alderete from Argentina, but currently living in Mexico City, Mexico, shared some of his fantastic work (just in time for Dia De Los Muertos)...

[FLASHBACK] 139. Skull-O'-Lantern

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

In honor of my book SKULLS coming out this month, I thought it would be fun to revisit a few of the pieces from my year of skull-making that are featured within...

On October 20, 2007 my skull for the day carved from a pumpkin: 139. Skull-O'-Lantern


Be sure to send me pictures of your skull-y pumpkins from this year!

SKULLS, the Skull-A-Day book is in stores now! Ask for it at your local independent bookstore or online at places like Powell's, Amazon.com, and Barnes & Noble.

A Skull for The Birds

Jirwat S., a graphic designer in Bangkok, Thailand made this fantastic illustration...

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Sugar Skulls for Charity

Folks in the Richmond, Virginia area should consider checking out this Halloween day fund-raising event at local store Fleur Fabrics...

Fleur Fabrics will be decorating sugar skulls all day on Halloween for Day of The Dead. $1 from each skull (plus any surplus) will be donated to Art 180 in [local artist] Jonny Z's name.

We will provide the skulls, paint and decorations for $5 or $3 if you bring your own supplies. There will be information about the tradition of making sugar skulls as well a demos on the actual molding of them!

Fleur Fabrics LLC
119 N Robinson St
RVA 23220
804 612-9198

Skull-A-Day Press: The Free Lance-Star

SKULLS reviewed in the The Free Lance-Star




Check it out here!




www.fredericksburg.com
Thursday, October 30, 2008

Flash Skulls

Tattoo artist Jesse Smith from my hometown of Richmond, Virginia showed off his excellent work...