Japanese Folding Fans: Skulls

These folding fans have a design feature in common - skulls and bones. We use all kinds of materials to make these fans and we're researching and testing new fabrics and frames all the time. We use sheer transparent synthetics, fishnets (mostly black), felt, pressed mylar, cotton, satin, and all sorts of blends. The skulls are printed in all sorts of ways, with a hot press, inked and silk screened among other methods. Patterns range from dark and gothic to whimsical and funny. These are the perfect accessories for the right costume our clubbing outfit.


Black Skulls on Red with Black Lace Folding Fan SOLD OUT	Red Skulls and Bones on Black Fishnet with Black Lace Fan $12.99	Black and White Skull Folding Fan with White Lace SOLD OUT
Red Skull and Cross Bones Dble Black Lace $14.99	Black and White Skulls Folding fan - No Lace $8.99 SOLD OUT	Black Frame Fan with Black/White Skulls $10.99 SOLD OUT
Folding fan with Grey Skulls, Bones, and glitter $12.99

Skull Symbolism and Implications

The human skull as a symbol and a device used in art goes back thousands of years. Among Europeans it is used as a symbol of mortality more than anything else, and it also embodies other features that make it visually appealing to artist and non-artist alike. Even fragments are strangely recognizable to people, even if they could be confused for shards of stone or pieces of broken pottery, due to the fact that the human brain has a specific region for recognizing faces and is so intent on finding them it will often create a face where none exists, such as in a few dots or splatters of paint, or in punctuation marks. Because of this, both the death and the now past life of the skull are symbolized. Moreover, a human skull with its large eye sockets displays a degree of neoteny that people find attractive. As such, human skulls often have a greater visual appeal than the other bones of the human skeleton, and can fascinate even as they repel. Our present society predominantly associates skulls with death and evi, as in the old-time warnings on bottles of poisons and insecticides to ward off the illiterate explorer.

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