WOODEN SKULLS BLOG
SKULLS – AN INTRODUCTION… PART 5

Richard Weigand is currently exploring skulls as symbols and subject. He explains that his production of wooden skulls arises from the convergence of a philosophic interest and an economic opportunity: samurai and a CNC.
SKULLS – AN INTRODUCTION… PART 4

Clearly, for many reasons, skulls are objects of fascination and meaning, and have been for ages.
SKULLS – AN INTRODUCTION… PART 3

Finally, a skull with its lower jaw attached, especially with most of its teeth in place, can be interpreted as grinning. For this reason, even though it may seem to some as macabre or fantastical, there have always been depictions of skulls (and skeletons) as humorous. There’s a famous black-and-white cartoon with dancing skeletons in rows (Disney Studio’s Silly Symphony “Dancing Skeletons” 1929); there’s a talking skull who “drinks” imaginary wine in Peter S. Beagle’s fantasy, The Last Unicorn; there are the many renditions of cheerful skulls and skeletons in happy celebrations of the Day of the Dead, in Mexico.
Visit from a Harley friend this morning…

Visit from a Harley friend this morning…
From Code of the Samurai by Thomas Cleary…

One who is supposed to be a warrior considers it his foremost concern to keep death in mind at all times, every day and every night, from the morning of New Year’s Day through the night of New Year’s Eve.
As long as you keep death in mind at all times, you will also fulfill the ways of loyalty and familial duty. You will also avoid myriad evils and calamities, you will be physically sound and healthy, and you will live a long life. What is more, your character will improve and virtue will grow.
Skulls – An Introduction… Part 2

Skulls – An Introduction… Part 1
