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Originally posted by Hand of HecateI buried it. I will look at it in another two months before the ground freezes. I'd rather not go all HCI on it. It's sort of an experiment, do you think it will be ready then? I want it for my fireplace mantel.
[b]I would love to have your skull for my collection... when your done using it, of course.
I have an oppossum somewhere on my property that I took from my street last year. It had to be removed, the kids ride their bikes there. I think that must be a skeleton, so I am going to look for that when the vegetation all dies down out there. I'm sure that's one ugly little skull, but all skulls are beautiful to me.
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Originally posted by SunburntI have 12 little kid's skulls in my backyard and would be willing to sell a couple to you.
I buried it. I will look at it in another two months before the ground freezes. I'd rather not go all HCI on it. It's sort of an experiment, do you think it will be ready then? I want it for my fireplace mantel.
I have an oppossum somewhere on my property that I took from my street last year. It had to be removed, the kids ride their bikes there. I ...[text shortened]... s down out there. I'm sure that's one ugly little skull, but all skulls are beautiful to me.
Originally posted by SunburntBurying it isn't the way to go. I did some digging and the best way to clean a skull is to stick it in a bucket of water, put it somewhere the smell isn't going to bother you, periodically change the water until it remains clear, substitute hydrogen peroxide for the water. This will leave you with a strong, yet nicely bleached skull.
I buried it. I will look at it in another two months before the ground freezes. I'd rather not go all HCI on it. It's sort of an experiment, do you think it will be ready then? I want it for my fireplace mantel.
I have an oppossum somewhere on my property that I took from my street last year. It had to be removed, the kids ride their bikes there. I ...[text shortened]... s down out there. I'm sure that's one ugly little skull, but all skulls are beautiful to me.
The acid will work, but, damage the bone and burying it will actually insulate the bone from the bacteria/air required to breakdown the flesh.
Originally posted by NowakowskiDo you like hunting the ring tails?
Sometimes one needs make room for another. I live on a ranch, and we have horses...
So every night during the summer, i'm shooting gophers. I'm always shooting coyote's year round, as they run off the dear and other game which we need on the ranch for graze upkeep, and for hunting.
in the winter rabits and other varmints which can carry disease (a ...[text shortened]... oul/grouse/bird hunt very often, but my dad does.
Death is definitely nothing new to me.
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Originally posted by eldragonflyI'm sure sunburnt would probably kill, gut and eat you with little hesitation.
and sunburnt this "clever" idea of teaching anyone
this casual careless and cruel living off the land ethic
is pure and unadulterated horseyplop.
There are other ways to entertain your family i'm sure.
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Originally posted by MrHandYes, it has a lot to do with Georgia O'Keeffe. She was a great modernist discovered by her husband, Alfred Steiglitz, a famous photographer, who left his wife for her. He showed her work in his gallery in NY and made her a star.
So have you traced your skull fetish to any source?!
jk....well, mostly jk.
Actually, your story has stopped to make me think, so thanks.
When I was sixteen, I saw one of her paintings for the first time and it satisfied a longing I had always felt but had no way of tracing.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/O%27Keeffe_Georgia_Ram%27s_Head.jpg
After that, I read a few books on her life. She visited New Mexico in 1929 and after seeing the beauty of the desert and the mountains, she bought a home and painted there for 20 summers. It was there that she produced her skull paintings and some other beautiful work of the landscape. She spent hours driving around, alone, finding spots to paint. I love this: I think being alone and finding some pleasure or past time is a great challenge and inspires individual growth. It's not always easy being alone. I hope to visit her home and museum in Santa Fe someday.
I like that she spent long periods away from her husband, and did not need the constant company of a marriage to feel whole. I like that she spent the majority of her life seeking out ways to be creative and lived where the environment was one she found most breathtaking of all.
Last Christmas, I made a skull painting for my boyfriend as a gift and hadn't painted a thing in over ten years. It was ok, not terrible. The creation of that painting was the meeting of two things: my being satisfied that my painting was alright the way it was, despite not being very good, and that I was translating my love for something to him and that our relationship has satisfied some longing in my life that I could now trace. If that makes sense.
So there, hopefully I have answered the skull fetish question completely 😉, it's not just about having something for my mantel.
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Here's Georgia, as photographed by her husband.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Stieglitz_okeeffe_1918_Corrected.jpg
Originally posted by Hand of HecateOk, I'll think about it. I need to mentally prepare.
Burying it isn't the way to go. I did some digging and the best way to clean a skull is to stick it in a bucket of water, put it somewhere the smell isn't going to bother you, periodically change the water until it remains clear, substitute hydrogen peroxide for the water. This will leave you with a strong, yet nicely bleached skull.
The acid wil ...[text shortened]... ying it will actually insulate the bone from the bacteria/air required to breakdown the flesh.
Originally posted by SunburntDear god, you should have simply boiled the head in an appropriate size pot. All the flesh and brains will fall off. The brain will release a gelatinous substance which will solidify on cooling producing what they call HEAD CHEESE (true). You can make head cheese sandwiches out of it. Remove fur as needed. Also, you could have saved the brains and used it to Tan the critters hide which could have been sewn into a hat. I have several. The oils in the brain turn hard a** buckskin into a soft tanned hide. Use your head girl. Always save the brains. They're good eating and good companionship.
Too far gone. I'm hoping the maggots finish it off so I can clean up the skull shortly. 😀
GRANNY.
Originally posted by smw6869You sicko!!!!!!!!!!! 😵
Dear god, you should have simply boiled the head in an appropriate size pot. All the flesh and brains will fall off. The brain will release a gelatinous substance which will solidify on cooling producing what they call HEAD CHEESE (true). You can make head cheese sandwiches out of it. Remove fur as needed. Also, you could have saved the brains and used it to ...[text shortened]... your head girl. Always save the brains. They're good eating and good companionship.
GRANNY.