House of Shadows

My current work in progress, Morti, started out as a real pumpkin left over from Fall 2007. He has been imortalized by using paper mache’ and celluclay to form the head of a free-standing sculpture that will include a corpsed rib cage and vine-like tree trunk. The inside of the head is painted fluorescent orange and will be illuminated with a red light for an eerie bright glowing affect.

Many thanks for the inspiration and encouragement for this project which I credit to my dear friend Dave (Spookzilla) and the fabulous work of Laurie Franklin (Lauriebeast). Morti has been sitting by patiently, waiting for me to transform his pale pumpkin head into the dark and menacing presence I hope he will become.

This is my first blog post and I can see I have much to learn. I know I will be up to the task; it’s just a matter of when? My first order of business on the House of Shadows Blog is to send Best Wishes for a Speedy Recovery to all my Halloween Forum friends. Watching your creative energy as you prepared for the haunt season was both inspirational and frightening. In my first year as a passionate observer of the frenzy I can see how much energy it will take to meet my goals for the 2009 Halloween Season. So please dear friends, call me to task if the pace of my progress does not pick up. After all….it’s only 361 days until Halloween!