Street Anatomy

Street Anatomy Turns 3!

It’s been 3 years since Street Anatomy first started as a small blog on medical illustration and grew into one of the only blogs showcasing anatomy in art on the Internet. Over the years we’ve attracted enthusiastic contributors and have grown into a tight knit group of 5 unique team members spotting anatomy in art, advertising, design, media, food and beyond.

Big things are going to happen in 2010 including the first Street Anatomy Gallery show taking place at the International Museum of Surgical Science in September here in Chicago, IL. We’re excited to put this show together and already have a list of incredible artists including popular toy designers, street artists and illustrators.

And of course a big thank you to all of our loyal readers and newcomers to Street Anatomy and those who have sent us great links! You guys keep us going.

— Vanessa R., Heather, Jenny, Vanessa V. And Luis

[Photo by Fobgoblin via Flickr]

Ben Tolman

Looking at Ben Tolman’s work you’d never guess that he grew up in a family of “super-hard-core” Mormons…or maybe you would.  He spent his childhood “doodling demons, ghouls, and a grab bag of creepy-crawlies in his many sketchbooks.”  Now he incorporates anatomy into his work as it pertains to death.

Ben says,

I think about death a lot. I’m very aware of the fact that I only have so much time to get this stuff done before the game is over. In the big picture our lives are so short and our perspective is so narrow. I just want to communicate what my experience of being alive was like and add my tiny piece to the cultural pool. Art can be a signpost in time, giving a way to communicate with the future. I just hope I can make something meaningful enough to people that it will continue to be passed on.

[spotted by Varman and via Beinart]

Skull Light

Add some charm to your home with this skull light from Mixko!  Ruiz should have this no doubt.

Let them eat cake! SKULL CAKE!

You heard right, skull cake, how rad is that? At least now I know what kind of cake I’m getting for my 25th birthday, can’t wait (for the cake, not to turn 25).

For more info about these rad cakes check them out and MORE here!

Yama (gshin.rje)

Who better to be displayed with two judging eyes, but the Tibetan deity of samsara, guardian of all realms of life, judge of the dead?! (For the record, Yama is not exclusively Tibetan, but we won’t get into that.)

The skull camera, created by Wayne Martin Belger, is actually composed of two separate cameras, one for each eye.

Yama is made from Aluminium, Titanium, Copper, Brass, Bronze Steel, Silver, Gold, Mercury with 4 Sapphires, 3 Rubies (The one at Yama’s third eye was $5000.00), Asian and American Turquoise, Sand, Blood, and 9 Opals inlayed in the Skull. The film loading system is pneumatic. A 300psi air tank in the middle of the camera powers 2 pneumatic pistons to move the film holder forward and lock it into place. The switch to open and close the film chamber is located under the jaw.

He also has a similar camera called the Third Eye, which was designed to study the beauty of decay. Definitely worth checking out.