I see she also does pet portraits. So when your pet dies, you can have the taxidermist give the leftovers to Deerhoof Chick, hand over the skull to this “artist,” and get a inkjet certificate, too. Now *that’s* Etsy Alchemy.
I have to say this might be the most disturbing thing
I’ve seen on this site (and that is saying plenty). It’s definitely in the top 5-10. I don’t know why this messes with my head as much as it does but, damn. Anyone know the opposite of whimsicle?
Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
November 13, 2009 at 11:44 am
Hold on now, $138 dollars? You can get all the painted cow skulls you want at the Santa Fe flea market for around 20 dollars a piece (don’t be afraid to haggle).
I’ll bet it smells real nice-like. Yummmmmmmm. And you could hang it in your kitchen to attract flies like a fly-strip. Maybe rub a little meat juice on it every once in a while to refresh it.
I don’t care about whimsical anymore, To me it’s all about “whimsicle” which has more whimsy than whimsical and is fluffy and light kind of like cotton candy only you can’t eat it. Or maybe you can…
But yea, this thing is 100% not whimsicle. It’s not whimsical either. If this seller has more than one skull for sale I have to wonder if they own a slaughter house…
Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
November 13, 2009 at 1:26 pm
@ #34 through #36 Efit, I’ll have your baby, you have mine, I’m not hung up, but I will fight for Stingray Charles. In the immortal (paraphrased) words of Jake Shears “my boyfriend keeps trying to get me pregnant; of course it won’t work, but who am I to discourage him?”
Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
November 13, 2009 at 1:40 pm
BUMP
Please read Stingray Charles link located in post #27 (I’m too postarded to paste a working link)
PEOPLE
ARE
OFFERING
SINCERE
APPEARING
RESPONSES!
#46 Kami: On the whimsicle bones thread they’re discussing making beads out of potatos, WTF?. This has been a very surreal Fri 13. On a positive note, just got back from parent-teacher conference, our kid “sets the standard for her class.” Go A.J.!
Jeebus jackelope christ. When I was in second grade I could paint better watermelons than that. What exactly are you supposed to do with this thing? It’s too garish to hang on a wall. Do you put crudites in the eye and nasal sockets when guests are over? Wait, I’ve got it! Get some hot pink candles and make a candelabra!
So, I was wondering what fine work of art would be the one to make me finally register just so I could say…WTF. Really.
And also…this really makes me wish there were such things as ghosts, just so this person could get the lifetime haunting that they now so richly deserve.
Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
November 13, 2009 at 4:43 pm
#52 Sting: “potato beads? have you a photo?” is my new favorite potential non sequitur. Congratulations to A.J. I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, you ol’ Regretsy standard setter. Friday the 13th’s should always be a little surreal. Enjoy!
Potato and carrot bracelets are referenced in Amy Sedaris’ ‘I Like You, Hospitality Under the Influence.’ She took the craft idea from a 70′s(?) era TV program for kids. Potato beads are totally legit. A bit bizarre, but legit. This being passed off as a watermelon…not so much.
#61 Kami: Yeah, the crazy old lady who picks through our trash looking for cans is always yelling “potato beads! have you a photo!” Have you a great weekend.
Oh man, now I’m imagining some well-dressed English man popping out from behind a bush, adjusting his monocle, and asking, “Potato beads? have you a photo?”
Okay, I had to look at this for like 5 minutes to figure out what the hell it was… and then I read the description and actually looked at the picture again, and then, and ONLY then, did I know it was a painted cow skull.
Someone needs to work on the composition of their photos.
Ok, am I the only one who before they read anything, thought this was a baby dress? I was staring at it wondering which was the neck hole and which was the arm hole and what all that other stuff was…..and why it was laying on the ground.
Can someone maybe explain to me the colors here? Pink and green I understand, and even gold I can see…but purple? When I think of watermelons, purple isn’t a color that springs to mind. Have I been missing out on purple watermelons all these years?
I like dead shit. Skulls have a clean, sculptural look which is difficult to duplicate. In fact, my living room has been called the Boneyard by visiting friends because of the many skulls I have displayed. The bear skull and the sea turtle skull are the most distinguished. The deer skull with antlers is the most beautiful. The horse skulls (I have 3) are the most prominent.
November 13, 2009 at 11:08 am
Mad cow is bacccck.
November 13, 2009 at 11:08 am
What.the.hell?
November 13, 2009 at 11:09 am
My motto: Live like you’re dying, because after you die, some asshole’s gonna paint your skull to resemble a watermelon.
November 13, 2009 at 11:10 am
Sweet! I can hang it next to my dried bull testicles painted with cherries!
November 13, 2009 at 11:14 am
It’s like the sun.. stare at it long enough and you’ll go blind.
November 13, 2009 at 11:14 am
I see she also does pet portraits. So when your pet dies, you can have the taxidermist give the leftovers to Deerhoof Chick, hand over the skull to this “artist,” and get a inkjet certificate, too. Now *that’s* Etsy Alchemy.
November 13, 2009 at 11:15 am
Let’s just imagine that Mary Engelbrecht was the art director for The Dark Crystal. This is what the Skeksis would look like!
November 13, 2009 at 11:15 am
LOL @ stingray… I think I would rather have a dead cow skull with a desert motif painted on it.. seems fitting yes?
November 13, 2009 at 11:24 am
um.
I’m totally lost for words except that the colours fit with my nursery decor… the skull not so much…
November 13, 2009 at 11:24 am
My dog would love this!
November 13, 2009 at 11:27 am
I’m kind of sad that this wasn’t marked as “whimsicle”.
November 13, 2009 at 11:28 am
@kurlygurl722, as opposed to a dessert motif?
November 13, 2009 at 11:29 am
I have to say this might be the most disturbing thing
I’ve seen on this site (and that is saying plenty). It’s definitely in the top 5-10. I don’t know why this messes with my head as much as it does but, damn. Anyone know the opposite of whimsicle?
November 13, 2009 at 11:38 am
I’ll buy it if it comes with a “My family ate a whole cow and all I got was this lousy tee-shirt and a watermelon skull” shirt.
November 13, 2009 at 11:41 am
According to Thesaurus.com, antonyms of “whimsical” are “sensible” or “reasonable”
LMFAO.
November 13, 2009 at 11:42 am
She has another one up too. Where the heck is she getting all these cow skulls?
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12995706
November 13, 2009 at 11:44 am
Hold on now, $138 dollars? You can get all the painted cow skulls you want at the Santa Fe flea market for around 20 dollars a piece (don’t be afraid to haggle).
November 13, 2009 at 11:52 am
I’ll bet it smells real nice-like. Yummmmmmmm. And you could hang it in your kitchen to attract flies like a fly-strip. Maybe rub a little meat juice on it every once in a while to refresh it.
November 13, 2009 at 12:02 pm
#13: I’m pretty sure selling pieces of dead animals on a crafting website is the opposite of whimsical.
November 13, 2009 at 12:05 pm
The eye holes make this a festive receptacle for chips and salsa at my next barbecue.
November 13, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Bizarre! And so is the fork photo holder also for sale in the shop
November 13, 2009 at 12:10 pm
o.O What in the hell?
November 13, 2009 at 12:22 pm
at least the colors are nice! LOL!
November 13, 2009 at 12:27 pm
And another one in the whimsicle fruit-based motif http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28104383
November 13, 2009 at 12:30 pm
I have paint and brushes….going to dig something up. BRB
November 13, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Just how many animals have to die to satisfy the need for art?
November 13, 2009 at 12:44 pm
OK, after this I’m going to do some actual work. Bye.
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6347382
November 13, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I think it’s very moooooooving…
November 13, 2009 at 12:50 pm
@vangoghbabe, welcome back. All of them? What did you dig up btw?
November 13, 2009 at 12:51 pm
@Stingray Charles, still feeling the love you mad genius.
November 13, 2009 at 12:52 pm
@martini, bravo, brevity is wit.
November 13, 2009 at 12:54 pm
and finally, with apologies to Efit, yeah, whatever cow hater.
November 13, 2009 at 12:55 pm
#29: Thanks, have a whimsicle weekend.
November 13, 2009 at 1:16 pm
@#26 Stingray Charles:
Marry me.
November 13, 2009 at 1:17 pm
@#31 Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell:
LOL. Have my baby.
November 13, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I mean, (’cause I’m a girl): I’ll have you’re baby. (@#31 Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell)
Jesus, all this dead animal shit is screwing with my gender boundaries.
November 13, 2009 at 1:18 pm
*your*
JESUS CHRIST.
November 13, 2009 at 1:20 pm
this is just plain hideous…who would buy it?
November 13, 2009 at 1:24 pm
I don’t care about whimsical anymore, To me it’s all about “whimsicle” which has more whimsy than whimsical and is fluffy and light kind of like cotton candy only you can’t eat it. Or maybe you can…
But yea, this thing is 100% not whimsicle. It’s not whimsical either. If this seller has more than one skull for sale I have to wonder if they own a slaughter house…
November 13, 2009 at 1:26 pm
#33-35: Efit, so I’m supposed to marry you after Kamikaze knocks you up? Me so confused.
November 13, 2009 at 1:26 pm
@ #34 through #36 Efit, I’ll have your baby, you have mine, I’m not hung up, but I will fight for Stingray Charles. In the immortal (paraphrased) words of Jake Shears “my boyfriend keeps trying to get me pregnant; of course it won’t work, but who am I to discourage him?”
November 13, 2009 at 1:26 pm
#37 It has 3 hearts!!!
November 13, 2009 at 1:27 pm
#39 Stingray Charles YOU’RE SUPPOSE TO BE BACK WORKING!
November 13, 2009 at 1:31 pm
#39 Stingray Charles
#40 Kamikaze-go-in Straight To Hell
Yes.
November 13, 2009 at 1:36 pm
I see the connection. Cows and watermelons are both delicious.
November 13, 2009 at 1:40 pm
BUMP
Please read Stingray Charles link located in post #27 (I’m too postarded to paste a working link)
PEOPLE
ARE
OFFERING
SINCERE
APPEARING
RESPONSES!
November 13, 2009 at 1:43 pm
It needs to have some Precious Moments figurines stuck in the eyesockets….
#7 Craft Ninja…Mary Engelbright meets The Dark Crystal…LMAO!!!
November 13, 2009 at 1:50 pm
I wonder if they hum happily to themselves as they paint?
p
x
November 13, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Yeah, it’s pretty obvious deciphering which of the forum posters are “us” and which are “them.”
Here, I’m lazy but dedicated:
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6347382
November 13, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Man, take a nap and wake up to cow skulls painted like fruit! Or am I still dreaming? Aaaaahhhhhhhh!
November 13, 2009 at 2:39 pm
BBQ beef and watermelons SAY WHAT?
November 13, 2009 at 3:04 pm
#46 Kami: On the whimsicle bones thread they’re discussing making beads out of potatos, WTF?. This has been a very surreal Fri 13. On a positive note, just got back from parent-teacher conference, our kid “sets the standard for her class.” Go A.J.!
November 13, 2009 at 3:19 pm
at first i thought it said “cowl” and i was trying to figure out how to wear it.
November 13, 2009 at 3:20 pm
they should paint a chicken skull with cornbread next.
November 13, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Jeebus jackelope christ. When I was in second grade I could paint better watermelons than that. What exactly are you supposed to do with this thing? It’s too garish to hang on a wall. Do you put crudites in the eye and nasal sockets when guests are over? Wait, I’ve got it! Get some hot pink candles and make a candelabra!
November 13, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Stingray (or should I say WhimsicleWilly) great thread – I wonder how long before it gets shut down? You’re a riot!
November 13, 2009 at 3:41 pm
#56: Thanks, I was gonna write a much creepier post, but I wussed out.
November 13, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Uh-oh, just got a “Say What” response, the end is near…
November 13, 2009 at 3:45 pm
So, I was wondering what fine work of art would be the one to make me finally register just so I could say…WTF. Really.
And also…this really makes me wish there were such things as ghosts, just so this person could get the lifetime haunting that they now so richly deserve.
November 13, 2009 at 4:29 pm
FAIL
November 13, 2009 at 4:43 pm
#52 Sting: “potato beads? have you a photo?” is my new favorite potential non sequitur. Congratulations to A.J. I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, you ol’ Regretsy standard setter. Friday the 13th’s should always be a little surreal. Enjoy!
November 13, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Potato and carrot bracelets are referenced in Amy Sedaris’ ‘I Like You, Hospitality Under the Influence.’ She took the craft idea from a 70′s(?) era TV program for kids. Potato beads are totally legit. A bit bizarre, but legit. This being passed off as a watermelon…not so much.
November 13, 2009 at 5:16 pm
#61 Kami: Yeah, the crazy old lady who picks through our trash looking for cans is always yelling “potato beads! have you a photo!” Have you a great weekend.
November 13, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Oh man, now I’m imagining some well-dressed English man popping out from behind a bush, adjusting his monocle, and asking, “Potato beads? have you a photo?”
November 13, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Okay, I had to look at this for like 5 minutes to figure out what the hell it was… and then I read the description and actually looked at the picture again, and then, and ONLY then, did I know it was a painted cow skull.
Someone needs to work on the composition of their photos.
Oh, and this is awful…
November 13, 2009 at 7:24 pm
mmm… potato beads… soo tasty…. ; )
November 13, 2009 at 8:58 pm
In Australia they call new potatoes potato gems.
November 13, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Ok, am I the only one who before they read anything, thought this was a baby dress? I was staring at it wondering which was the neck hole and which was the arm hole and what all that other stuff was…..and why it was laying on the ground.
November 13, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Same here. Thought it was a bonnet.
November 13, 2009 at 10:18 pm
nothing reminds me of delicious watermelon like a dead animal’s skull. mmm. juicy.
November 13, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Can someone maybe explain to me the colors here? Pink and green I understand, and even gold I can see…but purple? When I think of watermelons, purple isn’t a color that springs to mind. Have I been missing out on purple watermelons all these years?
November 14, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I like dead shit. Skulls have a clean, sculptural look which is difficult to duplicate. In fact, my living room has been called the Boneyard by visiting friends because of the many skulls I have displayed. The bear skull and the sea turtle skull are the most distinguished. The deer skull with antlers is the most beautiful. The horse skulls (I have 3) are the most prominent.
But dead shit painted like fruit is just odd.
December 28, 2009 at 5:07 pm
sweetheart, i seemed 2 have run out of canvas…….. could u bring me a cowskull??