Prelude to a Witch Doctor

My days as a  cashier at Fresh and Natural Foods are numbered as I get closer and closer to starting my position as (for  lack of a more professional term) a Witch Doctor in the HBC (health, beauty and cosmetic) department. So long, paper and plastic...hello fish oil and probiotics. Though I'm quite excited about my new day job,  I can't deny that I'm going to miss making my occasional work doodles. So here's to a great gig at the front end, and one final set of undercover-grocery-store-art!

(ball point pen, colored pencil, highlighter, whiteout, and charcoal on botched disposable camera photos)

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(Disposable, polaroid, lomography...I have quite a soft spot for experimental photos. Here is a smattering of double exposures I collected to supplement yesterday's post!)

fullmoon/bluemoon

I'm not sure why these weren't posted sooner. But as I'm having a terribly nostalgic day, I thought it would be appropriate to showcase these dreamy double-exposures (taken by Fletcher Aleckson). I love them SO MUCH. 

(^ Fletch, himself)

Also, it's a full moon tonight:

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stuffed animals

I think my fascination with taxidermy was predetermined by growing up in the  Midwest where  hunting is the game, and deer heads are your trophies. Though I've never fired a rifle in my life, and have little interest to, my allure to this peculiar art form manifested in an ever-growing collection of butterflies and moths. After studying abroad in London, I met a fellow taxidermy enthusiast, Basia who showed my some PRIME taxidermy in Paris (specifically, Deyrolle. You can make your own butterfly shadowboxes! Ah!) Think roaring tigers, frolicking zebras, iridescent beetles and gigantic moths, all frozen in time. There is just something eerily magical about it. Anyway, I recently stumbled upon another take on taxidermy that is even more magical...Netherlands based Les Deux Garçons (Michel Vanderheijden van Tinteren and Roel Moonen)  created a collection of whimsical beasts mixed with millinery, found objects, and toys. I ♡ THESE. I hope you find them as dazzling :)

 

Security Blankets for the Boondocks

If you too live in the boondocks, somewhere deep in the woods, off the grid, in no man's land, then this post is for you. In quite possibly the slushiest day of the year, Haley and I decided to embark on a photo quest. So, we packed up my recently made "Security Blankets" (reconstructed blankets and afghans into cozy shrug sweaters....probably crocheted and knitted by somebody's grandma, long long ago...maybe even yours. You know the kind I'm talking about.), a fur hat, a bottle of Absinthe (for aesthetic purposes only), my Lomo camera, a poncho, and some rubber boots and got in my Bug and drove into the Kinnikinnick State Park to snip snap some snapshots--midwestern style. 

It was a chilllllly damp day, but that was no match for Haley Blayne Prochnow. Oh no no. She managed to look toasty and cozy like summer never left. Not to mention she un-stuck the Bug from the soupy ice mess we were working in. What a champ. Here's some proof of our labor to feast your eyes on:

You can get your very own "Security Blanket" here! 

 

unnecessary necessities with Haley Prochnow

After a melancholy night of watching Animal Hoarders  and sipping on cheap vodka, my counterpart, Haley and I decided to escape the cave, and do some much needed supply hunting.  Appropriately, we went to one of our favorite spots in Minneapolis--Hunt & Gather (just great, guys. Seriously, the best. Every time I go, I can't believe this place is real). After rummaging through piles of stamps, maps, and old photos, and fur collars-o-plenty, we both found some unnecessary necessities to feast our eyes on. Here are a few of my take-homes. The nostalgia makes me swooooooon. 

(the day was punctuated with quesadillas from Los Ocampo, and lemon-buttercream cupcakes from Salty Tart. Yum.)

Kawliga

"Kawliga"

Pt. 4 of 6

{Somewhere in Old Wyoming}

Cait the Great

                                                         Autumn/Winter 2011

Hand dyed cotton flannel & found fabric buttondown. Vintage buttons with a double breasted lapel and leather collar.

Clothes: Cait the Great

Model: Seth Stratton

Photos: Cody Lidtke

Editing: Caitlin Gottschalk

Hair: Sara Olidia