It all started with an orange piece of paper and a pair of scissors. It grew into an artistic obsession, an award-winning blog with an international following, a book, speaking engagements, solo art shows, a gig on “The Martha Stewart Show,“ and merchandising opportunities. The day was June 4, 2007. Sitting in his office, local artist/activist Noah Scalin acted on a casual idea he’d had a couple of days earlier. He grabbed some scissors, cut a skull into a piece of paper and gave birth to a project based on death. For an entire year, he decided, he would create a skull a day.