I'm feeling like I haven't posted enough about tiny caskets this month (click HERE if you missed it), so here we go with another morbidly macabre mini, which is in fact not a casket at all, but instead a blue satin lined, hinged jewelry box atop a junked, mirrored ex-wall clock. No way could I possibly pass this thing up when I first saw it, no matter how disgustingly dirty and reeking of the grave it is, covered in a century of grit 'n grime, spider webs, moldy and awful to the touch-- because clearly it was originally intended for all eternity to be stored inside a decrepit, time-rotted crypt somewhere --until I unearthed it! Yes, poor condition over all, but thankfully this only lends a much more sinisterly sick, and fully accurate appearance, especially once I added my undead Graf Orlok, aka Nosferatu "Silent Screamers" action figure (Aztech Toys, 2000) to the scene. Flip the clock on its side, prop the jewelry box lid open a bit, add monster, and presto-- instant casket carnage! Doesn't it just look perfectly horrible? Also, any true blooded 60's / 70's monster kid, like myself, who grew up on Munsters re-runs will tell you that a casket propped up on its end can also translate into only one other thing-- a telephone booth! So, digging out my Lily Munster Select action figure (2012), I did two-- two-- two photo sessions in one! Isn't she stunning? Now of course, we all know that a mini Mr. Barlow emerging from within this thing is actually the most terrifyin' way to go. Unfortunately, my life-sized version (as seen HERE) just wouldn't fit. And hey, while we're on the subject-- get my new VAMPIRES comic still available HERE and in stores everywhere!
Yeah, I couldn't look at the top of that thing and *not* think "coffin". Even the blue color screams funeral parlor. I wonder if these things were actually popular? It must have been a little creepy for normal, non-morbid people to stow their jewelry in there.
ReplyDeleteLove the black and white photos!
Very nice photos!
ReplyDeleteI think the aged look of the jewelry box really helps sell the coffin idea. I wonder if you could find stuff at a hardware store that could mimic the hand holds of a coffin? Then it'd be complete!
Man, you're doing an amazing job with these. This one is so awesomely dank and freaky looking - it seriously looks like it was made for him!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments-- and yes I may work on it a bit more to really make that thing a coffin with some side handles, and maybe even a grody fluffy pillow
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