October 23rd, 2007 // g + c
Beauty versus the grotesque - this duality presents itself throughout Kristen Ferrell’s artwork. Her clothing line features her artwork screened onto t-shirts, jacket and bags and are all available for sale through her site including her original art. Her fall line is being added slowly and will be completely available by late October, one of her newest shirts (pictured above) is titled Incubator Bat.
THIS FRIDAY!! Kristen will be a part of “Kings and Queens and Childhood Dreams”, a group show featuring works by fifty artists put on by the Strychnin Gallery, in London. It opens this Friday the 26th and sounds like it will be quite an interesting night!
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October 17th, 2007 // g + c
We have begun the process of adding more items into our ETSY store, including a few items you won’t find on our site. We’ll be adding quite a bit more over the next several months as well. We will be using ETSY as the place to sell our dolls and art prints rather than selling them off our own site.
At the moment you can find our new Star Belly Ornament, hand-sculpted form polymer clay and hand-painted. A blue suede rose pin sculpted from leather and our Dollhead Pin, which is also made with polymer clay. It is hand painted with details and coated with a protective gloss finish. A metal pin is attached to the back.
You can visit our ETSY store here: Goblin and Crumb on ETSY
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October 11th, 2007 // g + c
I hadn’t seen anything new from Tanya Thompson lately (aka Misery) or maybe I’ve just been too busy to notice so I decided to poke around. I visited her site at MiseryBoutique.com and noticed there hadn’t been any updates for awhile. And after searching a bit I found out why - she has been working on a brand new site! So new in fact its still under construction. Misery.com was supposed to launch in September, and the splash page announces they are still working very hard to complete it. She also recently had an art show titled “Mighty Monster Masquerade“, in Auckland showcasing her new works.
She began as a street/graffiti artist, designed shirts for Illicit and now owns and runs the Misery Boutique in Auckland, NZ. selling Misery clothing, accessories, art, cosmetics, jewelry and toys. Combine that with her sense of style and feisty attitude, Misery is a great example of where passion and determination can get you. She has two distinct lines - her characters and her vintage collection.
I love her cute and lovable but damaged characters which have the potential to become the next “Emily Strange“. Reading an interview with her off her site she states that she is very much afraid of exactly that - as the Emily character started off as a really cool underground label but now she’s basically everywhere.
Visit Misery.com and sign up to be notified of the site’s launch. Until then you can visit her old site at MiseryBoutique.com and check out her paintings, bio, interviews and videos.
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October 6th, 2007 // g + c
A decent toy series is hard to come by these days and a really good one even rarer. One of those rare series is The Nightmare Before Christmas line for NECA.
I’ve collected these figures from the start and it was sad to learn that Series 6, released a few weeks ago, is apparently and unfortunately the final installment. In this set we see: ‘Experiment’ Jack Skellington, Mr. Hyde, Melting Guy with the Spider Hair Monster and Corpse Mom and Son.
The sculpting has been excellent during the entire six sets as well as the beautifully detailed paint jobs. The articulation is also decent for this type of figure and they did as much as they could while keeping them looking as good as they do. Each figure sells for approx $13 - $15. The Jack in this series (not pictured above) is the same Jack we have seen earlier in the series, so unless you’re a collector its not really necessary to pick him up.
It’s definately sad to see the end of such a well done series. Check the link below to see each figure up close, and then go out and buy series 6! I am =D
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October 3rd, 2007 // g + c
Founded in early 2007, Gloomth is the creation of Toronto designer Taeden Hall. The site features her clothing line - which are all limited edition or one-of-a-kind pieces, accessories, art, handmade cards and other odds and ends. Her influences come from many styles particularly Gothic lolita, jrock and punk.
I particularly like the handmade cards and art t-shirts featuring Hall’s lovely dark horror illustrations. These are also produced in limited runs or even in some cases single pieces.
Watch this fall 07, for her new original collection titled “Atramentous”. Also coming this October are their Halloween themed clothing, cuffs, toys, cards + books =D
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