News Washington Rose Valley artist creates beauty from animal skulls March 11, 2018 Updated Mon., March 12, 2018 at 5:10 p.m.

How often can you tell your friends, “ I read a story online about an artist from Transylvania who carves animal skulls into gorgeous pieces of art “? Well, my friends, today is that day.

He started collecting animal skulls as a hobby and now hand-carves bison and longhorn skulls into beautifully intricate wall-hanging sculptures and adds paint, stains, reclaimed leather and fur ...

Ray Bandar's skeletons aren't in his closet — they're in his basement. The naturalist has 7,000 animal skulls in his collection, and some are now on view at the California Academy of Sciences.