Day 24 of the 31 Days of Halloween

Sometime during the summer I bought and started reading a book called Mixed-Media Dollhouses. It shows seven houses, each with seven rooms, created collaboratively by seven artists. They are done in cigar boxes. Having a cigar store with lots of cool boxes nearby,  I snagged a few -at least ten and started stripping the papers off but couldn't think of a theme. And then along came the 31 Days of Halloween. Although my house is only mildly haunted, it does contain lots of monsters! The first room I'm showing is the dungeon:

                   
                                          Click on photos to enlarge for detail.

The primary image is a zombie from last year's Rick St. Dennis prize sheet. He's the dungeon master and very good at his job!  There is also a set of steps from Third Coast. I printed the stone walls and floor and the torture chair. Everything is cut out and stacked at least three images deep.The skeleton in chains is one of those squishy ones from Michaels and I had to sculpt the skeleton in the chair - the squishy ones wouldn't fit. The mouse is another polymer clay creation as are the many stones glued to the edges. The bones and skulls are from a bracelet from Michaels. As the rooms started coming together, it became obvious that they wouldn't look as "mixed-media" as the ones in the book because I settled on a few techniques that I liked and because only one person was doing it. Lots more to come - you know I love complicated projects!!

The Hop continues on Lisa's  beautiful blog if you're going in order or you can get all of the info you need to start at the beginning and see all of the wondrous Halloween artwork by clicking on Terra's name in the blogroll ----->. I continue to be amazed and educated by all of the creations I see every day. And thanks for leaving your comments - they are great motivators for all of us!