
There is a wonderful and peculiar website by the name of Skull-a-Day. The master of ceremonies is Noah Scalin. It started with Noah making a skull every day for a year and posting on the blog. From that there was a book called, oddly enough, Skulls.
Instead of me trying to paraphrase from the website here is a passage from the blog's history:
"My name is Noah Scalin and I made a Skull-A-Day for a year. I started by making an orange paper skull on June 4th, 2007 and posting it online saying, "I'm making a skull a day for a year". I made my 365th skull on June 2nd, 2008 (and even posted a bonus skull the day after since it was a leap year!).June 3rd, 2008 marked the start of year two of the project (called Skull-A-Day 2.0) and featured daily submissions from readers.
In October 2008 a book based on the Skull-A-Day, featuring 150 images from the first half of the project, was published by Lark Books. It's called SKULLS and you can buy it from your local independent bookstore or online via Amazon.com or Barnes & Nobel or Powell's Books.
June 3rd, 2009 marked the start of Skull-A-Day 3.0 in which the project continues to feature daily skull submissions, but with the addition of two new site editors: Skull-A-Day überfans Tatman and Citizen Agent, who are both also making their own original weekly skulls as well (see them HERE and HERE)!"
I sent a submission to Skull-A-Day (a blockprint...surprised?) awhile back and nearly every day I looked to see if my skull submission had made it onto the blog. I patiently waited...
Today it was posted!
So, thank you Noah, Tatman and Citizen Agent. You made my day...




2 comments:
I saw your skull submission at Skull-a-Day and used their link to jump over here to your place. Wonderful blog and terrific work. I was briefly exposed to linoleum etching or "carving?" in a community college art class that I took for fun years ago. I liked it a lot and have some unused panels left over. What's some good advice for a mildly art-challenged novice who wants to do something like this? (I'm saving your blog as a favorite.)
Just draw a design, start simple, and as you get more comfortable add more detail.
If your linoleum is old you might want to start fresh. Linoleum gets hard and that makes for frustration.
Thanks for the comment!
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