Pearl skull

Producing work since 1974, Japanese artist and jeweler Shinji Nakaba infuses all matter of anatomical forms, skulls, and flowers into what he describes as “wearable sculptures.” The pieces come in all shapes and sizes, but his most prolific series involves human and animal skulls carved from oyster pearls and attached to rings, necklaces, and brooches. In addition to selling pieces through his online shop, Nakaba’s work has been shown at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of…

Glamorous Halloween Decorations. For my Pearl and Jeweled Skull I painted ceramic skull off white with bronze rubbed glaze. Used broken jewelry I had to create this with E6000 to secure it. Fun project that didn't take long! Glam Halloween!

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Why, Yes, Those Are Carved-Pearl Skulls Dwarfed By Berries That’s no visual trickery. Yes, those are skulls sculpted from pearls. Yes, those berries are at least twice their size. What is it about skulls? Their austerity is understandably synonymous with living things stripped bereft of life’s vibrancy, stark reminders of inescapable mortality’s inhabitable revocation of […]

Skull engagement rings and skull wedding rings for men and women. Bikers, goths and lovers of dark & macabre jewellery will enjoy this collection.

Born and raised in the Philippines, New Jersey-based artist Gregory Halili (previously) is deeply influenced by the vegetation and wildlife he experienced as a child. His latest series of work involves a fusion of the human form with the natural world in these amazing bas-relief shell skulls. Halili carves and then paints with oil on raw, gold-lip and black-lip mother of pearl found in shells collected from the Philippines. The pieces will soon be exhibited at Silverlens Galleries in Manila…

Shinji Nakaba (previously) is a master of carving carefully into miniature objects, creating skulls and other anatomical forms from pearls no larger than the end of a finger tip. Nakaba considers these works “wearable sculptures,” as each pearl takes the form of a ring, necklace, or pin. Although he uses precious metals and stones forContinue reading "New Miniature Anatomical Sculptures and Jewelry Carved From Pearls by Shinji Nakaba"