Handmade Skull Ponytail Holders by Michael R. Doyle of Moon Raven Designs Are Boo-tiful.

I came across these quite by accident and immediately fell in love with them. As a matter of fact, I had to buy one - and did. Beautifully rendered skulls hand cast in various materials are placed on elastic bands for use as pony tail holders. Available as yellow bronze, sterling silver plated white bronze, black resin, ivory resin and even a sugar skull version cast in oxidized sterling overlay on white bronze. Prices vary depending upon materials.

Bronze:




Sterling Silver Plated White Bronze:




Black Resin:




White Resin:



Oxidized Sterling over White Bronze:




A black resin Raven skull and sterling silver over white bronze T-Rex skull are also available:






The bands are easily replaceable (as one would not want to have to toss the piece of art when the elastic is stretched out). 



Moon Raven Designs (Mrd74 on etsy) of Victoria, British Colombia is jewelry with an edge inspired by nature - ravens, crows, wolves, bears and much more. They specialize in Corvidae skull jewelry and it's all handmade in Canada by Michael R Doyle who works with his wife Dianne.

Some other examples of their work:





They ship worldwide, have superb reviews on etsy and make lots of beautiful pieces of jewelry and accessories.



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Human Hardware Cast In Bronze. Tongues, Ears and Hands Handles and Drawer Pulls.

Brooklyn-based Artist and sculptor Malia Jensen has created some interesting functional art for the home, exclusively for Artware Editions. Drawer pulls and door handles cast in bronze and patinated bronze are shaped like human tongues, ears and hands. The unique hardware is made in only 100 editions of each.


Tongue Pulls, 2013, polished bronze:




Tongue A (small): 7/16" h. x 1 1/8" w. x 1" d.
Tongue B (small): 3/8" h. x 1 1/8" w. x 1 1/2" d.
Tongue C (large): 5/8" h. x 1 5/8" w. x 1 7/16" d.
edition of 100, each

Small: $175 each
Large: $200 each

Existing hardware can accommodate a drawer up to 1/2" thick. Hardware can be replaced to accommodate drawers of different depths.

Ear Pulls, 2013, polished bronze:



Round: 1 1/2" x 7/8" x 7/8"
Pointy: 1 1/2" x 3/4" x 7/8"
edition of 100, each

Existing hardware can accommodate a drawer up to 1/2" thick. Hardware can be replaced to accommodate drawers of different depths.
$180.00

Hand Handles (based on Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel), 2013, patinated bronze:



installed dimensions: 1 1/2" h. x 6 3/8" w. x 1 1/2" d.
edition of 100 pairs

Existing hardware can accommodate a drawer up to 1/2" thick. Hardware can be replaced to accommodate drawers of different depths.
$600.00


Shop for these and other items by Malia Jensen here at Artware Editions.

Poison On A Stick. Gangredine Consumptus by Rotganzen.

above: Photo by Marco Jongeneel. Model: Sophie



Gangredine Consumptus, a project by a Rotterdam based artist collective Rotganzen, is a commentary on all the toxins and chemicals we put into our bodies. The words of such lethal poisons as radon, arsenic, benzene and tobacco are cast in translucent colored resin and placed upon wooden sticks so they resemble lollipops (or suckers or lollies, depending upon your country of origin).

As they appeared in Rotganzen's solo show with Collection I at Dek22 Rotterdam, 2011:


photos by Pim Top and Marco Jongeneel

ROTGANZEN was formed in 2009 by Robin Stam (1981), Joeri Horstink (1982) and Mark van Wijk (1984) shown below:

ROTGANZEN