An awesome reader linked me to this tremendous Vincent Price Audio Archive. So much material of all types! It’s a must-visit for Vincent Price fans.
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Ellis Nadler’s Cards of Wu are “a satire on the Tarot in a set of 78 woodcuts.”
As much as I adore the Tarot as an artistic representation of universal archetypes, I also adore the whimsical creation of nonsense divination tools.
I have absolutely no idea what these cards symbolize (which is part of the beauty of them).
Still, I almost wish the artist would make up a “meaning” for each card and write a companion book for the deck!
I’m rather enjoying coming to my own creative conclusions though…
See the rest of the deck (which is still a work in progress) here.
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October has arrived! I can’t wait to start my Halloween blogging, but I haven’t launched my yearly countdown yet (not everyone is a Halloween freak like I am, so I’m trying to be courteous by including other posts).
Fellow children of the 80’s, remember Ed Emberley? To this day, I still think his Big Orange Drawing Book is awesome.
Just the sight of the cover brings back so many memories! When grabbing the cover image for this post I came across Emberley’s Drawing Book of Halloween!
I can’t believe I didn’t have the Halloween version. It’s going right on the wish list.
If only I could find some of my childhood drawings based on this book to post…
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Quite an interesting articulation…
Couldn’t help but laugh at this:
Aww…it wouldn’t surprise me if someone started selling soaps on Etsy designed to look like these (there has been a surprising amount of fetus soap…why not put a sea life spin on it?).
A vintage depiction of an onion bringing HERSELF to tears. How meta.
Yes, it’s a claw…but doesn’t it look like an alien head?
So much pink…so much…meat. Valiant effort on the part of the meat roller.
The logical dessert spread after a setup like the above would clearly come from this book:
I’ve seen some bad wax figures, but Wax Jesus is looking a little rough.
I suppose it could be worse…these things could be happening.
Ha! No idea where this comes from, but it’s entertaining.
Here, have some emotions:
And now for your daily dose of confusion:
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I’ve posted about Ray’s Pumpkins before (which are works of art themselves), but check out this outstanding sand sculpture!
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You think you’re tough? You’re not. You know who’s tough? THIS GUY:
Richard Proenneke lived alone until he was 82 years old, in the high mountains of Alaska…in a log cabin he built by hand.
I recently caught a PBS special about his process and was blown away.
The first part (and it looks like the second part) is on youtube, but it wasn’t until a little later that things got mind-blowing.
Alone in the Wilderness documents the entire building process. Proenneke builds every part of the cabin with natural materials (save for a sheet of plastic on the roof), and no power tools of any kind. Even hinges are made of wooden fittings. He whittles his own utensils and bowls, puts together a stone fireplace…eats what he catches and gathers (with the very occasional simple grocery shipment).
This man is so intensely efficient that it’s almost comical to the modern day technology-saturated member of society. I found myself laughing in astonishment as he built a wall by noon, then went off to clear two acres of moss for the roof. He carried almost everything on his back, too.
Proenneke’s work and life are a true testament to unadorned human capabilities. I highly encourage you to watch this intriguing look at one natural, self-sufficient life.
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Without knowing where it came from, I featured one of Carl Warner wonderful meatscapes in this desktop goodies post.
Turns out, there are many more “Landscapes of the Meal” where that came from!
When I first saw these images, I thought they were strictly graphic design, but they are actual sculptures.
Creating an edible landscape takes several days. First designed by selected foods. Then two or three days spent on the construction and landscape photography…each scene is photographed layers. Just a few days spent on retouching and combining all layers and elements of photography.
See more absolutely amazing foodscapes here and on Carl Warner’s website.
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I can’t help but revisit and repost certain artists on this blog. Sandra Arteaga is one of them.
I absolutely love her new display, The Funeral of Mr. Cookie.
(Check out the little ice cream baby!)
So twisted and amazing…
Check out some previously selected examples of her work and her Axolotl.
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Oh come on. Really. I wasn’t even aware that Starbucks had “limited edition” shirt designs. But now you can spend a whopping $85 to sport a giant coffee stain and know that this generous expense will solely benefit the chain itself (there are only about five Starbucks per block these days, so clearly the company needs a boost).
Even the model looks embarrassed and miserable.
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This post featuring photos by Ben Canales makes me want to drive to the middle of nowhere and spend an evening star gazing.
With lights glowing from inside, these places look like oases in the beautiful darkness.
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