DeadSpider’s musings and makings
Posted in How-to Pages, Props, Witch on Jul 27th, 2008
In 2006 we lost the shelving unit we had been using for our witches kitchen. It had fallen over in storage and was broken beyond repair. (wasn’t in good shape to begin with) So we were going to need something to replace it.
I made these shelves to replace the broken one
I picked [...]
I never seem to have enough skulls come Halloween, they are great ‘fillers’ in any display.
Pictured below is a polyurethane foam skull I recently cast from a dragon-skin mold. The skull was carved with a dremel and painted with acrylics.
Polyurethane foam skull ‘freshly’ cast.
Posted in Props on Jan 29th, 2008
I very much enjoy the looks I get from people who come to see what I am working on and find these on the workbench. Side long looks, raised eyebrows and comments like ‘thats so disgusting! Why would you make that??’ and ‘that’s so wrong’. It’s quite entertaining. These particular hands pictured were sold. [...]
Posted in Paper Mache, Props on Jan 29th, 2008
Hemlock Dench.
Mr. Hemlock Dench is my cemetery grounds keeper or caretaker.
He is a knavish, creepy little man. Bow-legged and hunch-backed, he grins fiendishly out into the darkness at passers by….
Mr. Dench was my first project for 2007. This was the first full bodied prop I attempted. He is made almost entirely of recycled [...]
Posted in Paper Mache, Props on Jan 29th, 2008
I wanted to add some sort of small creatures to my witch kitchen display in 2006 that wouldn’t necessarily take up floor space…as I don’t have any to spare.
I made four winged demons, the largest being almost 3′ across. Each is constructed from recycled paper and wire, and can be hung on the wall so [...]
Posted in How-to Pages, Paper Mache, Props, Witch on Jan 29th, 2008
Every witch needs a kitchen… and a cauldron, and some shelves, and some potion bottles, and a spell book.. and pets….
MAKE SOME WITCH KITCHEN JARS
Making witch kitchen jars and