May 16, 2010: Dem Bones II

xoxoxoBruce · 05-15-2010, 11:49 PM

Unlike Dem Bones I, Dem Bones II aren't animal bones.
Francois Robert used human bones to make these pieces.

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"Bones have always fascinated me," says Robert. His portfolio has always included images of animal skulls, recovered from the desert. He once spent five weeks photographing skulls in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History. By 2007, the recession was taking its toll. "I had so much extra time. What was I going to do with it?" He turned to the skeleton in his locker.
Robert realized that his skeleton was limited: it was wired together for display. He decided he wanted a skeleton he could take apart. Online, he found a source for disarticulated human skeletons, and he traded his in, and took delivery of a box containing 206 separate bones, each the real thing, not plaster or resin.

He arranged them into a picture, photographed it, then tore it apart to make the next piece. Better than becoming a serial killer, or grave robber, I suppose.

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ZenGum · 05-16-2010, 01:28 AM

Is this supposed to be humerus?

SPUCK · 05-16-2010, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Is this supposed to be humerus?

ferret88 · 05-16-2010, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Is this supposed to be humerus?

Whatsamatter? You can't take a ribbing?

Cloud · 05-16-2010, 10:58 AM

ick. cool, but ick.

Diaphone Jim · 05-16-2010, 11:40 AM

"And when I feel my finger on your trigger..."
Wait a minute. Your trigger IS my finger!

Trilby · 05-16-2010, 12:31 PM

(s)Kull!

HungLikeJesus · 05-16-2010, 12:56 PM

I had no idea you could order human skeletons on the internet. This is just what I need for the next Halloween party.

thx1138 · 05-16-2010, 01:23 PM

Alas poor Yorick, always shooting off his month again.

toranokaze · 05-16-2010, 05:21 PM

Ok where do you get man bones without getting a police rap

xoxoxoBruce · 05-16-2010, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by toranokaze

Ok where do you get man bones...

Y, MCA

spudcon · 05-17-2010, 05:51 AM

I won't make the obvious reference to a boner.

Shawnee123 · 05-17-2010, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by toranokaze

Ok where do you get man bones without getting a police rap

Hobos.

toranokaze · 05-17-2010, 01:38 PM

but I use those for soup

richlevy · 05-18-2010, 09:11 PM

Bah! He's got nothing on this

http://www.kostnice.cz/ <-- official site

Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary

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The Sedlec Ossuary (Czech: kostnice Sedlec) is a small Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints (Czech: Hřbitovní kostel Všech Svatých) in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, many of whom have had their bones artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel.

The guy who designed it signed his name in foot tall letters in human bones.

05-16-2010, 01:28 AM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Is this supposed to be humerus? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

05-16-2010, 10:58 AM	#5
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	ick. cool, but ick. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-16-2010, 12:31 PM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	(s)Kull! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-16-2010, 12:56 PM	#8
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I had no idea you could order human skeletons on the internet. This is just what I need for the next Halloween party. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

05-16-2010, 05:21 PM	#10
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	Ok where do you get man bones without getting a police rap __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

05-16-2010, 11:40 AM	#6
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	"And when I feel my finger on your trigger..." Wait a minute. Your trigger IS my finger!

05-16-2010, 01:23 PM	#9
thx1138 Kinda New Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1	Alas poor Yorick, always shooting off his month again.

05-17-2010, 05:51 AM	#12
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	I won't make the obvious reference to a boner. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

05-17-2010, 01:38 PM	#14
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	but I use those for soup __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

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