Just picked up this beauty of a book. I love the vibrant yellows combined with the skull cover. These golden age gems are out there!

Do you have a favourite pre code horror covers?

I find skulls and human anatomy, fascinating! I took a few bronze casting classes, where you sculpt out of wax, then place the wax in a plaster or cement structure with venting. You then melt out the wax and pour in molten bronze. After it cools, you take a hammer to the plaster and have a raw sculpture. You trim off the vents and then polish and patina and finish your sculpture. This is an ancient form of sculpting known as the lost wax method. The patina that you see on this skull is caused by natural oxidation and rapid cooling of the molten bronze. The piece is small, about the size of a softball, but weighs 17 pounds, as bronze is super dense!

It’s been so long, I forget the original artist. But this is about 10 years old. Very early on in the process of developing 3-D printers, an artist I followed had a Kickstarter where he produced these 3-D printed skulls. I’ve always been fascinated with human biology, architecture, art, and sculpture. 3-D printing allowed sculpture to take a different form. While not worth a lot of money, this piece sits on my desk next to another skull, which I will share later today. I think it’s cool, intricate design is fascinating to look at.