Inspired by Dave Lowe’s Sankara Stones, I decided to spend a lazy Tuesday watching the original Indiana Jones Trilogy while doing a movie related prop! I should have stuck to the Sankara Stones, but I wanted to try my hand at the Grail tablet! Three Tuesdays and many hours later, I now have a “loose” … Read More
My obsession for Halloween and the macabre are not limited to the month of October, but one month I usually refrain from decorating ghastly for is Christmas. This year was different because my Girlfriend is a huge fan of a Nightmare Before Christmas! While I do not have too many Nightmare Before Christmas props (yet) … Read More
Having admired and enjoyed Alex CF’s cryptozoological specimens, I was elated to find an Alice in Wonderland Prop that a fan (absinthetic) of his work had made. My girlfriend loves Alice in Wonderland and I had just finished making my Vampire Killing Kit, so I figured I could use some of the knowledge I’d gathered on … Read More
I designed a Code of Brethren book to house a bottle of Rum for a teacher I had enjoyed taking several English classes with, and it was a running joke throughout the semester that I was a pirate because of my Pirate of the Caribbean belt buckle! Any kind of project or paper, I’d try and throw … Read More
Inspiration for this project began when I saw a frame/shadowbox that had several stakes, cloves of garlic, and vials of holy water and it said break in case of vampire. I decided to make a box lined in velvet that would contain all the articles needed for killing the un-dead!
Designed my own Ouija board using Adobe Illustrator. Font is Adams Family ( I believe ) and I used the original Ouija board design for the corners. Printed design out onto paper and traced the image with carbon paper and then painted using Paint Markers.
Not for the faint of heart! We recently scoured the Seven Sea’s in search of the most illustrious concoctions this side of the Indies! We have procured Dragons Breath, Aeternus Eternus Luminarium (eternal sunlight) and Eye of Newt. This will make an excellent addition to our Cabinet of Oddities and Curiosities! These sun jars were made to go outside and all of … Read More
Here at the Dismal Trader we only offer the finest antiquities salvaged from the darkest regions of the imagination. Ouija Boards, Coffins, Canopic Jars, Witch Potions, Curious Concoctions, and swagger pilfered from horrific realms! Watch as our current Proprietor rebuilds, reconstructs and creates your darkest desires!