Butch Locsin’s two-car garage is full of skulls. Thirty-nine skulls to be exact. They’re not real skulls; they’re masterfully sculpted, intricately painted styrofoam masks. When he places one over his ...

Butch Locsin does one of his signature smoke performances in his handmade mask on a bridge over the L.A. River. (Wesley Lapointe / Los Angeles Times) Butch Locsin’s two-car garage is full of skulls.