The skeletal deer transforms at a snail's pace. Cleaning every bit of tissue from the spine proved time consuming, but the stench of death no longer clings to the bones. At this stage the spine is reassembled and structurally sound and the PVC fittings to attach arms and legs are in place. The skull is sporting new blank eyes and fangs - all ready for detailing.
He is whispering in my ear that he wants wings. More to come.
These deer crucifixion images were submitted by a friend. It was apparently strung up near where we live, so I like to imagine the person who did it as a young aspiring artist rather than a deranged nut-job.
I am the lucky recipient of this award from Designs by CK. Chris is as generous as he is talented. Caroline says maybe he will get a night light out of this!Apparently I am to say 7 things that I love and then award 7 fantastic bloggers. Seven things that I love are my dear wife, our goofy dog, being at home, peanut butter pie, Halloween, Maker's Mark and old horror movies. Blogs that are too good to miss:
I believe that re-use is the most effective method of recycling. This deer is soaking in bleach waiting to become something just as scary but a little less stinky.
A friend sent this Wired article about an old-school Halloween photo collector. Most of the photos are just exquisite. The rest of his collection can be seen in Flickr.
This doesn't fit a Halloween blog very well, but it's on my mind and there you go. My oldest brother Davis was KIA in Vietnam on November 2, 1967. He was one of 28 Marines defending Hill 25 when it was overrun by 100 Viet Cong, and one of ten killed that morning. In 2001 we got to meet Rich, a survivor of that attack. Rich and his wife Kathy had voice recordings of Davis and two other men made a few weeks before the attack. This video includes those recordings and photos from Hill 25.
Our Remembering Davis memorial site began as a way to share photos with Rich.
This photo of Rosalia Lombardo (1918-1920) was taken around 2007. She is an amazing example of preservation by Dr. Alfredo Salafia, a pioneer in arterial embalming. A recent Nat Geo TV show featured an xray of Rosalia to prove that she was not artificial, and it revealed that even her brain and soft tissues were preserved. Truly amazing and more than a little sad.
A while back a friend gave me a retired Resusci Annie, and this is her liberated head. Let the record reflect that a resuscitation doll creeps me out, even before the decapitation modifications.
The skeletal deer transforms at a snail's pace. Cleaning every bit of tissue from the spine proved time consuming, but the stench of death no longer clings to the bones.
He is whispering in my ear that he wants wings. More to come.
Apparently I am to say 7 things that I love and then award 7 fantastic bloggers.
A friend sent this Wired article about an old-school Halloween photo collector. Most of the photos are just exquisite. The rest of his collection can be seen in Flickr.
This photo of Rosalia Lombardo (1918-1920) was taken around 2007. She is an amazing example of preservation by Dr. Alfredo Salafia, a pioneer in arterial embalming. A recent Nat Geo TV show featured an xray of Rosalia to prove that she was not artificial, and it revealed that even her brain and soft tissues were preserved. Truly amazing and more than a little sad.
