Goblin and Crumb Update

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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New works by Misery

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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The Cult of Melancholy

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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The Tie Lab

I came across these beautifully dark hand screened ties and was instantly in love with them. From black ravens or mangled poppies to an exhaust pipe schematic, the prints are well designed and come in a variety of colors. Don’t like a color scheme you see? Just message them with a custom order. The new fall 2007 line includes the “Strangle” which features red lines dripping from the neck and the “She Loves Me (Not)” that has flower prints with knives for petals among others.

We’ve transformed the most maligned accessory into a highly coveted, luxurious object. Each elegantly subversive tie is handmade of the finest and some of the most unusual materials.

At the heart of the Cyberoptix Tie Lab is the costume design division, where Bethany Shorb (Designer) has been making custom handmade work including the costumes for Skinny Puppy’s 2004 World Tour. Now if I can just get my paws on Ohgr’s costume I won’t ask for anything else - I promise!

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