About Bone & Form

Amanda Hopkins is the artist behind Bone & Form, a studio practice focused on sculptural works created from natural and industrial materials. Working with bone, concrete, wood, and resin, her work explores material honesty, impermanence, and the quiet tension between natural history and contemporary form.

Each piece is created slowly and intuitively, allowing the material’s inherent structure to guide the final work. Rather than altering form, she emphasizes surface, restraint, and tactile presence, creating objects that function as both artifact and sculpture.

Her work is intended for collectors, galleries, and interiors that value subtlety, texture, and permanence.

Bone & Form explores the intersection of natural history and contemporary sculpture through one-of-a-kind works created from bone, concrete, wood, and resin. Each piece emphasizes material honesty, restraint, and tactile presence.

Bone & Shadow is a body of sculptural works created from genuine animal skulls, finished by hand using layered metallic pigments. Each piece is one-of-a-kind, intended for collectors and curated interiors. The collection prioritizes surface, form, and quiet presence over narrative.

One of a Kind | Sculptural Art Object

These one-of-a-kind skulls has been meticulously hand-painted to enhance—not obscure—the natural character of the bone. Metallic copper and bronze tones are layered by hand, allowing pigment to settle organically into cracks, contours, and cavities formed over time. The result is a surface that shifts subtly with light, revealing warmth, depth, and shadow from every angle.

Each skull is carefully cleaned, stabilized, and finished using archival materials to ensure longevity while preserving the skull’s natural integrity. No molds, prints, or replicas are used—this piece exists as a singular object, shaped by nature and completed by hand.

The process is intentionally slow and intuitive, responding to the skull’s unique structure rather than imposing a uniform design. This approach ensures that no two pieces can ever be repeated.

Designed as a sculptural statement, each skull may be displayed on a wall, shelf, or pedestal and works equally well in modern, rustic, or gallery-inspired interiors.