Street Anatomy

Tater Skull

Potato Skull by Scottish artist David Shrigley.  I like that he actually used an anatomy atlas as a reference for carving out the skull.

[spotted by Colette]

Tessa Farmer

Tessa Farmer is an extremely talented British artist famous for making fairies out of roots and insect carcasses. Often depicting the nastier and more mischievous side of fairies, Tessa’s miniature skeletal figures are often seen tearing apart other insects, as seen in this series of details from her piece, Swarm.

Tessa spoke to Antennae about her work and what goes into making her incredibly detailed creations:

“I started making them with small twigs stuck together with a glue-gun, and using leaf-skeletons as wings, then to make them smaller I used the veins of the leaf skeletons as bones. Then I came across roots which really are perfect material as they can be so fine, but still strong and quite flexible. I build up the skeletons by sticking pieces of roots together with superglue. The skulls are made from tiny clumps of earth drenched in superglue, carved into a cranium shape, then the facial bones are added. They don’t have teeth, kneecaps or all the finger/ toe bones, but this leaves room for improvement which is always a good thing! I hope to make them smaller, to try making them under a microscope… I’m not sure I would want them to become invisible to the naked eye though… there is that element of magic when the viewer sees them and takes a while to notice what they really are, if this happens at all—sometimes people don’t see them, which I think is quite nice, as it reflects the fact that some people can see fairies, and others can’t!”

[via DesignYouTrust]

Asaf & Tomer Hanuka

A little visual lesson on what not to do:

This hilarious illustration was done by artist Asaf Hanuka for Globes magazine, he explains it’s ”about doctors difficulties in catching up with modern medicine.” yikes. He and his brother, Tomer, also run a really awesome dual blog called Tropical Toxic. Check out his brothers work for Unbreakable, a reality series currently running in the UK. The beating heart opening animation logo at the bottom is nothing short of awesome!!!

P’elvis

Not only does the name of the band rock, but this poster promoting their cd release party rocks as well.

P’elvis is an all-instrumental bass/drums/guitar/saxophone indie-rock band that straddles the divide between hellishly loud math-rock and jazzy, pastoral post-rock.

Love the combo of skeleton and anchor.

[spotted by Jenny D.]

Food Chain by Mark Forsman

Here is a great print by Mark Forsman I stumbled upon while browsing OMG Posters! I love the subtle skull design.

“Mark Forsman has released three brand new art prints.  At $10-$12 each, these are an absolute steal, especially since he painstakingly hand screenprints everything, then ships from a tiny dorm room… visit the Mark Forsman Shop.”

He’s only made a series of 80, so if you like it enough to buy one, snag it quick!

[via OMG Posters!]