Does anyone think a deformed human skull collection is weird

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I was thinking of purchasing a real human skull this last summer.
It was inflicted with hydrocephalus and it had a extraterrestrial appearance to it. Also I was interested in a fetal skeleton as well.

I wanted the fetal skeleton to hang on a rustic catholic type crucifix. I wanted to show it at a art gallery
But the dam thing cost 4,000 dollars… and I quite my job 6 months ago so I can no longer afford such things.

It would be hell of controversial though…..

I know it sounds macabre but I always had interest in such things since my premed days in school years ago. I think of it as more of an educational tool more than anything else…..

But I think having a real skull with an old bullet wound on the temporal bone would be quite interesting as a conversational piece on the coffee table.

And yes…. it is legal to purchase such thing in the united states, with out being part of a educational institution and as long as the specimen was acquired legally It’s A OK ….

But my question is. Does anyone think that a collection of such things as kind of weird or too weird ?

I say go ahead! I would love to have a human skull, actually I'd buy a whole skeleton if I had the chance!
If someone finds it creepy then they're just boring sissys.

I would just find it interesting, not weird. Why do you want to create controversy? As a recovering art student I don't think shock value is enough to carry a piece.





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I think it would be cool, to own a human skull, myself.

I already own one and I wear it all the time.

Plastic models are a great deal more affordable. If you are interested in the anatomy of the human skull, you can start with those and buy a real one when you have the money. I know, you really can't learn everything from plastic models; but it was enough for my anatomy class as we never had enough real skulls to go around, and learned everything but the smallest and most delicate structures from the plastic skulls.

what i really meant was it could be controversial....

I can make a quite nice crucifix with old barn lumber and some tacky Dia de Muertos
décor…. It’s something that is somewhat popular out in the south west regions of where I live.

I thought the clerk at the liquor store this afternoon was going to swallow her false teeth when she realized my shirt said:

"DEAD GIRLS DON'T SAY NO"

And I know that's what made her so nervous because she wasn't literate enough to read it silently to herself.

I worked with a Tatooist once whose nickname was 'Bones'. His tattoo station was covered in bones of all types (and I mean covered), including human bones given to him by one of his clients who was the head of the Anthropology Department at a nearby college. I don't find it odd at all, but then I just enjoy shaking up the status quo. I love that look in their eyes when they realize they have no comprehension of how your mind works and it scares the hell out of them.

I love the idea. Art is intended to evoke reaction. Shock is a very visceral reaction. These days it's a reaction that's harder than ever to get. People hardly flinch at anything anymore. Don't worry about controversy, create what you're moved to create.

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I think it would be pretty neat, but I'm sure there are a lot of people who would think it was really weird.

I don't find that at all weird.

It would be a tiny bit odd if the skulls you collect were of your ex-wives.

Illegal perhaps...but odd? Call me sentimental...

I'm a boring sissy then. That was someone's mom, dad, daughter, son etc. I don't like to think that my skull will be a conversation piece in someone's art gallery or living room. But- "to each his own".

I couldn't own one because I would always feel like they should be in a grave somewhere or that maybe it was in one- you can't always be sure of the chain of custody, you know?

This thread reminds me of this Onion video:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKccr8g1xCU[/youtube]

I agree with Pumibel. It does seem a bit disrespectful to the deceased and their relatives. If it was originally donated to science and research, then it should be used as such, not turned into a tacky ornament. If it was not donated at all, then even more reason not to trivialise it.

Only if you've also scooped out the brains and eaten them.