It's been over six months since we bowed down before Ben Venom's Mega Quilt, and ever since I've wondered what else he's been up to. One of his latest projects is just as mind-blowingly, beautifully metal, but on a much, much smaller scale: a baby quilt for his friends' daughter. I never thought I would say this, but is there anything cuter?
I feel Ben Venom walked an amazingly fine line with his Skullfly baby quilt: it's undeniably a skull, but it's not scary. I've never seen a skull and thought, "Oh, so sweet, that's what a baby needs", but I feel like a baby would do well to sleep under this quilt, guarded by the Skullfly (and Gandalf). I wish I'd gotten to sleep under it- maybe I'd be less afraid. After the baby outgrows the quilt, she'll have an impressive piece of wall art for the rest of her life.
Searches for "heavy metal baby", "heavy metal baby quilt", etc on both Etsy and the web at large yielded only one other result, the Skull Quilt by Bramlor Creations which I find very scary. But as I said- I'm kind of a wuss.
Have you seen, made, or received any awesomely metal baby accoutrements? Please share!
(Image and quilt by Ben Venom)
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this is awesome!
My niece and nephew woud love this. Man, the time and patience. Terrific for sure.
Creepy.
This is awesome. Is it made from concert T-shirts?
OK, I've been spending way too much time trying to identify the various fabric scraps =^). I was happy to find both Eddie and Murray, as well as Master of Puppets, and a few others -- and I really need to stop staring at a photo of a baby-blanket now, I have other things to do.
But I re-iterate: this is an awesome baby blanket!
This man is amazing. T-shirts are not a forgiving quilt medium and he has done them proud. Wow. Just....wow.
Nothing says "sweet baby" like the universal symbol for death.
Abbygraykit, hilarious.
I love what this guy is doing!
QUOTE: Nothing says "sweet baby" like the universal symbol for death.
nuff said
Totally love this.
awesome!
This ROCKS!
I wish AT would disable comments and instead just have "LIKE" buttons, or LOVE for that matter. I LOVE this.
"Oh, honey, remember when he was so sweet in his little blue blanket, you know, before he got all wrapped up in symbols of death and destruction? Oh, right! WE wrapped him up in symbols of death and destruction WHEN HE WAS AN INFANT!"
Some of you just don't get it. As the parent of the child who gets the honor of having this work of art hanging above her crib, let me tell you that the majority of the t-shirts used in the quilt we're our own, many pieces from shirts of the actual bands we, or our friends are in. These are the shirts we wear around. None of them are disgusting are violent, but yeah, agreed, my show some skulls, or a cartoon caricature of the devil, or heaven forbid, a naked woman!! Shock!
You know what else shows stuff like that? Try Snow White, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty, Nightmare before Christmas, Secret of Nimh, or any other classic Disney or similar company's children's movies. Where can a child see things way worse? Try the walls of your church you go to every Sunday. Where can a child see stuff even worse than that?! The news you insist on watching every day and night? Starting to see my point?
My daughter won't even be able to recognize the shape of the skull in that quilt for years and years, and by then, she'll understand exactly what a skull is, because she'll be going to museums with her Pappa every week up to that point. Mean while, the rest of you who don't get it, and think band logos and drawings of wizards from an old Led Zeppelin shirt are frightening things, can keep ushering your daughters down the pink Barbie aisle at Target, and your sons down the war and violence soaked action figure aisle.
Amen.
Well said , Giantaaron! This is Awesome!
Thi sis amazing. Is he condsidering reproducing this? I'd love to buy one, or a few!