Bone in Art and Design

[Fiancee]

Hi,
I have a strange request for those interested in art and design:

Can you help me track down as many items relating to the theme 'bone' as possible?

I have racked my brain and searched many sites and have come up with various things such as:

Teeth- jewelery utilizing animal teeth
Bone China- utilizes ground ox bone and bone ash
Lighting and design made to resemble skeletons
Ivory

I am not necessarily pro bone usage in design (being vegetarian) however I am interested in its use whether in the past or today.

If you can think of architecture, objects, designs or even concepts relating to bone I would love to hear back from you!

 

[Fiancee]

Mark and Emma Welsh

itemhome.co.uk


Ova Luminaire

itemhome.co.uk

 

[Fiancee]

Skull origami

from www.origami.as/

 

[Fiancee]

Harper's Bazaar, June/July 2006

 

[Fiancee]

supermodels.n

 

[Fiancee]

At amazon.com

 

[Fiancee]

Salvador Dali, DACS, London

 

[Fiancee]

Hildur Bjarnadóttir, Untitled (skulls), 1999
Crocheted cotton yarn, wood table
5 x 136 x 136 cm (4 x 54 x 54”)

http://tokkyu2222.jugem.cc/?eid=180

 

[SomethingElse]

Bone inlay, corset stays, ornaments, scrimshaw, buttons, netsuke... These are Naga or Chin tribe incised bone hairsticks.

organicjewelry.com

 

[papa_levante]

All I can think of is the McQueen skull scarf!

 

[Fiancee]

Thanks SomethingElse!

Papa_Levante, it's true, skulls are everywhere in fashion but they are rarely inventive enough for me to be interested in them!

 

[emma peel]

i saw lots of nice vintage ivory jewelry on ebay a few months ago...

 

[Fiancee]

Yeah I've seen some amazing hand-carved ivory but it still leaves me with a bad feeling. All those beautiful elephants...

 

[gius]

Felipe Oliveira Baptista
haute couture f/w 06.07

yahoo

 

[Fiancee]

Thanks Gius, good eye

 

[gius]

^why the interest in bones, fiancee ??

one more...
Pac-Man Skeleton

This Pac-Man skeleton was put together by Le Gentil Garçon and paleontologist François Escuilié, and was modeled after the skeletal structure of predatory animals.

geekologie
legentilgarcon

 

[Fiancee]

I'm planning something for November called 'bones and glass' and I'm looking for inspiration with the bones part- glass has proved to be more easy.

 

[kahlilg]

Wow I love the pics in 14.

 

[masquerade]

I don't know too much about designs but here are some examples in art

Damien Hirst's 99 million dollar diamond encrusted skull

abcnews

and "Leviathon" by Tim Hawkinson. It's hard to see in the pictures, but its a dinosaur/dragon/mythical creature skeleton made out of clay figures rowing and the head is a curled up person

getty.ed

Vincent Van Gogh "Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette"

globalgallery.com

Hans Holbein the Younger "The French Ambassadors"

wikipedia


these are the first that came to mind, of course there are countless examples

 

[Fiancee]

Awesome, thanks for your reply Masquerade