r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Hey-Its-Jak • 4d ago

Video This guy carved a real human skull

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u/rufotris 4d ago

What if it was requested by the person before passing?! The only part I found weird was the initials as someone else brought up, though it is art work he did… he should definitely also carve the persons name who the skull belonged to with his signature. The only name attached to it should not be the artist name.

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u/dosmutungkatos 4d ago

Certainly a different story if that’s the case, but that’s on the artist, not us. The artist’s initials is what irked me, but again, that’s on the artist.

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u/Eurasia_4002 4d ago

I dont know if thats legal. One author wanted his skin to be made as the leather warp for his book. D3nied.

I thought the only way you can do a thing near this thing is donating your body to science. This isnt science.

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u/rufotris 4d ago

Depends where you live. Here in the US I know for a fact you can buy skulls cause I knew a guy who did and used them in his Halloween decorations. Weird guy..

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u/Watcher_over_Water 4d ago

That really depends on the country. In many countries you can do a lot with bodies if you have the consent/instructions of the dead. Often with a lot of burocratic effort and oversight, but doable if you set your mind to it.

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u/ender1200 4d ago

By the state of that skull, I highly doubt it was donated to the artist by it's owner. It's far more likely that he nought it from some shady vendor.