Now here is an odd use for those vintage cassette tapes. Brian Dettmer created the skull and skeleton by melting 80s metal band cassettes. The skull and skeleton are both currently on display at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago. Creepy but cool.
[images via Andrew Huff, via BoingBoing]
Posted by Tahir in Urban Modern Art - 2D, Retro Gadgets on September 10, 2007
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One Response
Cassette Tape Skull Adventures : Cool Thing
August 4th, 2008 at 7:58 am
1[…] we’ve seen enough skull art to last us through eternity. But Brian Dettmer (via Urban Retro Lifestyle) has given us a new take on the genre with melted 1980’s metal cassettes. Fume filled fun! […]
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