November 7th, 2007 // g + c
Mixed media artist Elizabeth McGrath has a few new curiosities on her “Toykiller” section of her site including two (old but new) limited edition prints, a special limited edition of 200 signed and numbered book case set- which comes with gold and black embossed slipcase, hand screened (yes its real) butcher knife with a velvet anchor bunny bag and an anchor bunny canvas tote bag. Also check out the cute hand silk screened print of a two headed bat snatching away the head off a surprised little girl!
McGrath draws inspiration from such things as roadside attractions, nature, alt fashion, architecture, punk, churches, folklore, Edward Gorey and poetry. Her site features her disturbing yet beautiful art, stitched dolls, dioramas, bags, art cards and yes - hand-painted and rusted butcher knives. You can also still buy her book - Everything That Creeps, which is her first collected work.
Her upcoming exhibition “The Incurable Disorder” opens December 15 and runs until January 5th, 2008 at the Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery, and will feature her new works.
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November 1st, 2007 // g + c
If you like unique, rare, or old spooky things then you might find something you like on Natalie Meza’s site Gloomy Goods. The site features found items - antique paper goods such as funeral and vintage cards and old photographs, accessories including pins and hats and odd things like a vintage homeopathic bottle and x-rays.
Also for sale are her lovely handmade lace-nested brooches and pins adorned with morbid and spooky images such as the Munsters, a witch and cat image, Vincent Price, a vintage poison label and a coffin child to name a few. Only thing is with these are that there is only one of each one! Prices for her pins range from $10 - $15.
More DIY items are planned for the future as well as continuing to stock the site with cool vintage & antique gloomy items.
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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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