Sounds Magazine: Music of the Macabre: revisiting goth's evolution- from the vaults

 

Read the article here:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/29/music-of-the-macabre-goth-music

Happy Halloween

Not sure who drew this but I like it!

Inktober Part 4

About Inktober: http://mrjakeparker.com/inktober

24th October: Scene from Hide Me Among the Graves by Tim Powers. Characters stand in empty animal cages at the zoo. 

25th October: Zeruel from Neon Genesis (drawn from online image)

The Spiral. Aetherial Tales books by Freda Warrington

Steampunk lamp and heart drawn from online images

27th October: "Foxy" dog, drawn from photo

28th October "We're All Mad Here" Cheshire Cat from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, drawn from online image

Loren Rhoads: Take Your Children To the Graveyard!

 

Read the full article here:

https://medium.com/@lorenrhoads/take-your-children-to-the-graveyard-f1d91e555fbd#.nmnhz2o1o

Metal Hammer: What Happens When Goths Grow Up?

 Read the full article here:

http://metalhammer.teamrock.com/features/2015-10-29/what-happens-when-goths-grow-up

Recent Dollmaker Dolls

It's addictive!

Erte Elegance dollmaker 

Definitely my style!

Waivera Ocean Scene Maker 

Four Elements Dollmaker

The Fire element one is really my style! I wish I had the clothes!

Princess Maker

Shouju Manga Avatar Creator

This is actually what my residual self image looks like!

I would also totally wear this!

Sewing: Tartan Dress (updated)

Made from scratch except for collar and zipper.

 Pattern:

Simplicity 1419 Lisette.

I used different sized pieces for the top and bottom half as I am not all one pattern size. I used a premade collar instead of the pattern piece, but I plan to use the collar pattern for a future dress. I also changed it to back zipper and took out the cut out at the front. It is slightly longer on me because I am short but this is a good length for me!

Flower Sack Dresses From the Flour Mills (Historical Kindness)

 

Another fascinating share from Melinda!

http://kindnessblog.com/2015/05/06/flower-sack-dresses-from-the-flour-mills-historical-kindness/

A day in Edna St. Vincent Millay’s gardens at Steepletop

Shared by my friend Melinda on Facebook

See the whole post here:

http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/10/22/how-i-got-millayed/

Inktober Part 3

18th October: A Dysir, my impression from Freda Warrington's Elfland. They are like a kind of nightmarish guardian made of shadows. A lot of them form dog shapes, but mine is in a kind of half formed stage, where it just sort of slinks around like mist.

19th October: Tiles on the little side table

20th October: Dutch ceramic cow milk jug

21st October: Allergies

23rd October: Sickness

24th October: Gravestone. I was feeling pretty sick!

24th October: Some dress ideas

The Incredible Nursing Cat

After being seriously ill, he was adopted then nursed back to heath by a vet in Poland. He now comes into the clinic every day as he has taken it upon himself to comfort recovering animals, including gently resting on them, warming them, spooning them, and cleaning their ears.

See the rest of the images here

Inktober Part 2

About Inktober: http://mrjakeparker.com/inktober

Gothabilly

Well the outfit kind of is. I didn't really do 50s makeup.

A thousand pardons for the messy just washed hair!

Hand-me-down dress, Jawbreaker cardi, poison bottle necklace.

Quick Sewing Adaptation: Blouse With Lace Trim

Please excuse the weird lighting!

Week in Review Monday 21st September- Sunday 18th October

What I did
Julia Margaret Cameron exhibition with friends
Writing
Swimming
Sewing
Inktober
Opshopping
Japanese for dinner

Reading
In Darkness it Dwells by Joseph Laudati
Vivienne Westwood by Vivienne Westwood and Ian Kelly
The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice
The Snow Garden by Christopher Rice
The Vines by Christopher Rice
Ashenden by Elizabeth Wihilde
The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson and Cassandra Jean
A Place of Secrets by Rachel Hore
Elfland by Freda Warrington

Watching
Smallville s04
Smallville s05
Lost Girl s05
Blood Ties s01
Love is the Devil (about artist Francis Bacon)
Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow
Halloweentown
Hocus Pocus
Empire Records
Stoker (one of my favourite films)
Bright Young Things
Little Women
Dario Argento's Phantom of the Opera
Pan's Labyrinth

Listening to
Moonspell
The Changelings
Rasputina
Deine Lakaien
David Bowie
The Cure

Outfit and Makeup Catch Up #2

Makeup for the annual Sydney Gothic Picnic
I think the eyeshadow is Love Plus by Sugarpill and the lipstick is Manic Panic. I will update it if I find where I wrote it down.

Back when I was blonde. Poison bottle necklace and black Peter Pan collar dress from eBay.

Secondhand blouse and skirt

Dress from eBay, secondhand Victoriana brooch

Summer Goth: Black doll sandals

Fleur de Lys necklace I made for my Bastille Day high tea

Top and skirt hand me downs

Inktober Part 1

October 1st: Bird with heart and myself in Tim Burton style

October 2nd: Vicki Nelson from the Blood Ties TV series

October 3rd: A night scene

October 4th: Crystal Head Vodka bottle

October 5th: Skull beneath the skin

October 8th: My bird friend, Issy

October 9th: Sleepy Hollow pumpkin scarecrow and a cosy cottage and meadow

October 10th: Magic book