Crystal Clear Cast Glass Fox Skull

The Ghost of the Woods: Crystal Clear Cast Glass Fox Skull

Pure, transparent, and hauntingly beautiful, this one-of-a-kind glass sculpture is a distillation of the forest’s quietest moments. By translating a fox skull found in the Upstate New York wilderness into a medium of perfect clarity, this piece strips away the physical to reveal the architectural soul of the wild.

Clarity in the Cycle

This sculpture serves as a crystalline memento mori. While bone suggests the past, crystal-clear glass suggests the eternal. It represents the "life cycles of the beginning and the end" not as a dark transition, but as a transparent one—where the experiences of nature, from the first step on a hiking trail to the final rest on the forest floor, are held in a state of permanent, luminous grace.

The Art of the Invisible

Crafted using the meticulous lost wax casting (cire perdue) technique, this piece is an exact, 1:1 reproduction of an organic find. The process requires the mold to be destroyed to extract the glass, ensuring this specific sculpture is singular and unique. In its clear form, the "lost wax" method is pushed to its limit, revealing every internal passage and delicate bone structure that would otherwise be hidden from the human eye.

Key Features

• Optic Clarity: The premium kiln glass is free of pigment, allowing it to act as a lens that bends and amplifies the light of its environment.

• Liquid Stillness: Despite being solid and heavy, the glass appears like frozen water, mimicking the icy streams of the New York landscape where the original piece was found.

• Anatomical Precision: The casting captures the sharp canine teeth, the delicate orbital sockets, and the fine sutures of the skull with breathtaking accuracy.

• Versatile Brilliance: This piece adapts to any setting—glowing brilliantly under direct gallery lighting or sitting as a quiet, ghostly presence on a sunlit bookshelf.