Episode II Fever: 1793

Episode II Fever: 1793. LINK: Youtube

Skull Made of Brain Slices

Graphic Designer Noah Scalin who is known for his skull a day project, where he created a skull everyday for an entire year, creates an image of a skull from brain slices at the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. LINK: Youtube

"Interview with Noah Scalin"


Anna Dhody curator of the Mütter Museum interviews Noah Scalin a graphic designer who created the skull a day project.

Noah Scalin discusses his latest project he created at the Mütter Museum in which he arranged brain slices to create an image of a skull. LINK: Youtube

Celebrity Faces Comes Out From Phone Books

Alex Queral, 51, from Philadelphia, US, carves famous faces out of phone books. The artist got his idea and started chipping away when he noticed piles of unused phone books just lying around.

The resourceful artist now produces up to two new impressions every month and has been crafting his works for 14 years.He begins by selecting his famous face and copies it by freehand sketching.His drawing is then placed over the phone book as a template and he uses an artist’s scalpel or basic razor blades to patiently slice away at the thousands of pages inside the famous book. He said: “Every year when the new phone book comes out you see just piles of the old ones lying around waiting for collection. “It can be quite tense work sometimes because it takes a long time to finish and when you cut something away you can’t get it back again”. LINK

Al Capone’s Prison Cell

When notorious gangster Al Capone was incarcerated at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, he was treated with deference by guards, and maintained powerful connections from behind bars. Link, Via: J-Walk Blog, Via: Neatorama

(image credit: Mike Graham)

Eight Museums You Won’t Be Bored By

Mütter Museum, Philadelphia, Pa.



There’s all kinds of bizarre stuff, from a tumor removed from Grover Cleveland’s jaw to a corpse that turned into soap to a plaster cast of Siamese twins.
It’s really fascinating stuff. The museum itself is located in a really unassuming building of the College of Physicans of Philadelphia,Pa. LINK