Halloween Crafting continued
A belated post I know, but I wanted to share some a few of the crafts that Paul and I did together in preparation for our Halloween party.
Below is out series of apothecary/specimen/witch's kitchen jars. We spent hours on these puppies, shopping for grow in water animals, wierd squishy things, and food dye; lovingly stamping and tea staining labels, and sealing the burnt corks with wax, complete with pentacle seals. I collect lots of random objects like skull and bone bracelets and dead cicadas (see pixie bones) and both of us had saved our pulled wisdom teeth (see teeth) so we have a lot to work with. Sometimes the simplest ideas translate the best (jellyfish tentacles is hot glue strands in red water.)
Thank you to the following blogs for wonderful inspiration and advice on making specimen jars:
http://scienceblogs.com/bioephemera/2008/09/diy_for_mad_scientists.php
http://aranamuerta.com/2008/01/29/witches-kitchen
Paul and I also dyed 10 foot pieces of mulin red, going over them with thick red paint spatters, hand prints and streaks to create a gory hallway our guest had to walk through, complete with bloody meathooks. I built a large wire bat candleabra whose curly tendrils hung under our glowing red living room light, bats, crystals and electric candles hanging off of it. And in the bathtub were the abominations, the alien fetuses hanging in their pouches from wire, a mess of jello and fabric dyed beneath them.
And then as noted below was the rooftop machete chop, where we chopped up gourds and apples. Photos of our guests chopping, details and more in a video of the events that Paul created, it features his sound design as well:
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