Scrapyard skeleton

I found this scrap metal skeleton at the Washington County Fair in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Surprisingly, it was more anatomically acurate than many of the plastic skeletons for sale at Halloween time.

Anatomical Oscar Awards

Way back in March, around Oscar time, I discovered this statue while visiting Hollywood. Created by artist D*Face, it featured an Oscar statue, melting to expose muscle and bones. The title of this piece? "Beauty Is Skin Deep".

You can read more about this sculpture and artist here.

Icarus was a skeleton

You can learn more about these extraordinary sculptures by Saúl Hernández here.

More from Heather Cox

Here are more pieces by artist Heather Cox. The first four are part of her "Nonpareil Project" in which "20x24 inch resealable poly bags are hand-sewn with nylon thread and filled with nonpareils (candy sprinkles)". The second piece is "5 Cookie Cutters" made out of galvanized steel and shaped like parts of the human body.

Made out of dollar bills

Artist Heather Cox created this sculpture out of dollar bills and glue. It's entitled "Cost of Living" and measures 64" x 15" x 9".

It's not what you think

Here's a good example of why you can't judge a book by its cover. When I first came across this image on Ffffound I thought "Wow. That's a cool Styrofoam skull." Then I did a little digging, discovered that it's by an artist named Fabio Viale, and he works exclusively in marble. That's right. The skull you see here was carved out of a solid piece of white MARBLE!! You should check out the guy's site. He's incredibly talented. He's managed to carve marble so it looks like everything from rolls of toilet paper, paper airplanes, paper bags and balloons. He even carved himself a marble boat that actually floats!

Very Hungry God

Here's a cool new photo of a scupture I wrote about last year. Entitled "Very Hungry God" (2006), this "enormous human skull made of a jumble of stainless-steel pots, vessels and cooking utensils dazzels not only in its scale and shiny materiality, but also because it so successfully transforms such everyday wares into a monument to the transcience of of human life." (Articles on the sculpture can be found hereand here).

Giant bloody fingers

The Ksubi jeans company created this "peaced off" sculpture. After sending it around the country, they published a limited edition book filled with photos of the piece in different locals.

Skull sculpture in Hudson, NY

I can't find any information on this sculpture. The photos make it look like it's sitting in some sculptural boneyard. I'd be happy to take it off their hands if they're looking to get rid of it.
*Update: Thank you to "Hudson" for identifying the artist as Russian-born Mihail Chemiakin.

Monster totem poles

Totem pole sculptures by Ojimbo.

Butch Adams

"Raised on a steady diet of Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch, Slurpee’s in Superhero cups, Japanese Giant Monster Shows, Saturday Morning Cartoon’s, and boxes of donated comicbooks" artist Butch Adams has "had his work published in various comicbooks, newspapers, books, television, and even a feature film." Check it out!

The world's largest skeleton??

Ok. That might be a slight exaggeration. I'm sure there are some dinosaur skeletons that are larger. But you have to admit... this is pretty darn big.

Measuring over 55 feet long, this skeleton (made out of polystyrene and resin) was created by Algerian-born French artist Adel Abdessemed. It was last displayed at the St. Johannes Evangelist church in Berlin, Germany. Who knows where it will end up next?

UPDATE:
For all you lovers of giant skeletons, be sure to check out the Anatomical Chart Company's "Franken-Bucky". It's not nearly as big as the 55 foot monster shown above, but at over 8 feet tall it's certainly the largest skeleton you'll ever fit into your house.

Skeleton Sculptures

Of all the sculptures I've ever seen, the works of Jessica Joslin are by far my favorites. Mixing bones with "obsolete bits of antique mechanical mechanisms, hardware and other oddball artifacts" she creates beautifully detailed creatures for her ever expanding menagerie.

The sculpture shown here was made of "antique hardware and findings, bone, beads, fur, painted wood, satin and velvet collar, glove leather, and glass eyes." Gorgeous!

Monster maker

George Higham is many things - a writer, sculptor, photographer, and filmmaker. If you ask him what he does though, he'll boil everything down to the very succinct phrase, "I make monsters."
Ranging in size from one inch to over seven feet tall, his monsters can be seen in many places, including on a deck of tarot cards, in a book of fiction and atop Joe Coleman's wedding cake. Check out some more of these magnificent monsters here.