My plan of going back to India this year, went down the drain with the economy, so I focused on making some stuff in my Brooklyn studio. I have wanted for years to recreate animal skulls in porcelain, more specifically turtle skulls, as I have been drawing them for a while for the Museum of Natural History. I ended up with skunk, raccoon and beaver (as turtles were expensive and Frank at the museum would never let me smuggle any turtles out!).

I buy them from Maxilla and Mandible who insured me that the skulls have been “ethically” obtained, but just incase, my sister who works for the Smithsonian has promised me an assortment of found skulls. I patiently wait, and guarantee that the next animals you see up on this site have died a very natural death!

All skulls are of porcelain, and I do my best to fire them from greenware, with glaze, all the way to cone 6, to be resourceful. The teeth are either glazed clear, or with gold for extra bling. Chains are oxidized sterling silver, with muskrat or skunk jaw pendants, with glazed teeth or with gold (ca 23 k) or silver luster.

Buy them from me directly, from Digby and Iona’s site, or at Barometer in Chinatown.

25% of the proceeds go to support new Beetle and Flor projects.

Collection:

• Beaver skull (ca 5”x4”x3”/13cm x 10cm x 7cm), porcelain, glazed or lusterd gold teeth
• Raccoon skull ( ca 4” x 2.5”/10cm x 6cm) porcelain, glazed or lusterd gold teeth
• Skunk skull (ca 3”x2”/7cm x 5 cm) porcelain, glazed or lusterd gold teeth
• Skunk Jaw pendant, lustered gold teeth with oxidized sterling silver chain
• Muskrat Jaw pendant, glazed teeth with oxidized sterling silver chain

Please contact for pricing and ordering: beetleandflor@yahoo.com