Creepy and creative...
January 7, 2009 8:58 AM Subscribe
Wayne Martin Belger is an artist who creates pinhole cameras out of some unusual materials... like human skulls, for example.
Also available in 3D vision. Impressive craft and efforts to make the items more than interesting manipulations uncommon or uncomfortable items.
posted by filthy light thief at 9:17 AM on January 7, 2009
posted by filthy light thief at 9:17 AM on January 7, 2009
My skull already is a pinhole camera, of a sort.
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:20 AM on January 7, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:20 AM on January 7, 2009 [2 favorites]
WANT.
posted by FatherDagon at 9:34 AM on January 7, 2009
posted by FatherDagon at 9:34 AM on January 7, 2009
I Am A Camera.
posted by piratebowling at 9:35 AM on January 7, 2009
posted by piratebowling at 9:35 AM on January 7, 2009
A-mazing. I have nothing but love and wonder for this.
posted by TheGoldenOne at 9:39 AM on January 7, 2009
posted by TheGoldenOne at 9:39 AM on January 7, 2009
I am somewhat squicked out by, though not necessarily disapproving of, the concept of HIV positive blood as a red filter.
Otherwise very beautiful and ornate all around, though I feel like the Yama one belongs in a temple in some pulp adventure story.
posted by Nomiconic at 9:41 AM on January 7, 2009
Otherwise very beautiful and ornate all around, though I feel like the Yama one belongs in a temple in some pulp adventure story.
posted by Nomiconic at 9:41 AM on January 7, 2009
How exactly does one go about securing 'a 150 year old skull of a 13 year old girl'? I check the thrift store all the time, and nothing like that ever shows up.
posted by echo target at 9:44 AM on January 7, 2009
posted by echo target at 9:44 AM on January 7, 2009
I kind of wish he had more photos on the site, and examples of what each camera produces.
posted by cjorgensen at 9:51 AM on January 7, 2009
posted by cjorgensen at 9:51 AM on January 7, 2009
How? Well, you can become an active collector, do a little digging of your own and see what treasures you can unearth.. or I suppose you could take the easy route and go to places like this.
posted by FatherDagon at 9:52 AM on January 7, 2009
posted by FatherDagon at 9:52 AM on January 7, 2009
The skullcam is strangely strange. It should be illegal to use human skulls for this kind of thing.
posted by RussHy at 10:19 AM on January 7, 2009
posted by RussHy at 10:19 AM on January 7, 2009
A little too goth for me but still pretty damn cool.
posted by photoslob at 10:25 AM on January 7, 2009
posted by photoslob at 10:25 AM on January 7, 2009
RussHy what would you prefer to use human skulls for?
posted by cjorgensen at 10:41 AM on January 7, 2009
posted by cjorgensen at 10:41 AM on January 7, 2009
Human skulls should be used for decorating chapels.
posted by echo target at 10:53 AM on January 7, 2009
posted by echo target at 10:53 AM on January 7, 2009
I'd rather see more underwater pinhole photos. Goofy cameras, not so much.
posted by Tacodog at 11:48 AM on January 7, 2009
posted by Tacodog at 11:48 AM on January 7, 2009
In college we observed that a friend, let's call him Al, had some dental work that made his front teeth look really weird under a black light. Another friend Keith constantly commented that we should turn his head intro a decorative bong. Haha, we thought.
Flash forward some dozen years later, when Keith was living in Houston, whose denizens turned a skull into very such article!
posted by exogenous at 1:04 PM on January 7, 2009
Flash forward some dozen years later, when Keith was living in Houston, whose denizens turned a skull into very such article!
posted by exogenous at 1:04 PM on January 7, 2009
I admire the dedication it takes to make such a thing. But it seems wholly impractical and likely to lose its novelty quickly. As a conversation piece, I don't think the conversation would get past "why?"
But still interesting to see out there.
posted by dios at 3:04 PM on January 7, 2009
But still interesting to see out there.
posted by dios at 3:04 PM on January 7, 2009
Fans of this may also enjoy AlexCF, a "Professional cryptozoological pseudo-scientific assemblage artist and illustrator...." http://www.alexcf.com/blog/
posted by blaneyphoto at 3:36 PM on January 7, 2009
posted by blaneyphoto at 3:36 PM on January 7, 2009
Generally, these skulls can range from larger minimally prepared chinese specimens to the smaller, well prepped Indian skulls (in country pre-1985 export ban) that usually have calvaria cuts and attached mandibles.
FatherDagon, thanks for adding a weird bit of intrigue into my life. My wife didn't like the rodent skull I had on the porch (I found it while hiking along the road in, amongst other bits of litter and small animal bones), and I doubt she'd even like me talking about getting a few Chinese skulls in the mail.
posted by filthy light thief at 4:16 PM on January 7, 2009
FatherDagon, thanks for adding a weird bit of intrigue into my life. My wife didn't like the rodent skull I had on the porch (I found it while hiking along the road in, amongst other bits of litter and small animal bones), and I doubt she'd even like me talking about getting a few Chinese skulls in the mail.
posted by filthy light thief at 4:16 PM on January 7, 2009
I like a lot of the photos and admire the craftsmanship put into the cameras.
.... I'll have to figure out why I find the concept behind it all so irritating.
posted by bonobothegreat at 4:24 PM on January 7, 2009
.... I'll have to figure out why I find the concept behind it all so irritating.
posted by bonobothegreat at 4:24 PM on January 7, 2009
Perfect for the person with Lemmy on his/her Christmas list. Thanks!
posted by Rykey at 5:39 PM on January 7, 2009
posted by Rykey at 5:39 PM on January 7, 2009
oh, so much more beautiful and worthwhile than that garish thing damian hirst made out of a skull. cool link, thanks, blaneyphoto!
posted by lapolla at 6:15 AM on January 8, 2009
posted by lapolla at 6:15 AM on January 8, 2009
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When I am dead and gone I hope someone makes something artistic and perhaps even useful from me (pretty too!).
posted by cjorgensen at 9:15 AM on January 7, 2009