Reigning Prince of Paper Mache

Jorge de Rojas is shown with his fabulous collection of paper mache figures, ornaments, masks, and rattles. Needless to say, here's a man who's batty for Halloween! Jorge was a driving force behind our Spirits on First event, and we're so glad that he was a part of this vision becoming a reality!

Check out a few of Jorge's figures that we have in our Current Show online: http://www.jtfolkart.com/currentshow.cfm

Spooky Portraits

It takes a village to put on a Halloween art show! That's what we're learning around here anyway. With an eerily fine sense of timing, we received a phone call recently from college student Ginny Martin whose studies focus on special events and art. What a great combination!

Ginny has been a lifesaver as we work through our to do lists and scurry to get everything in order for Saturday's show.

She's shown at our fireside mantel that's full of spooky portraits. With the help of a little hologram action, these images change from dour to dead with the flick of an eye. It's positively creepy!

Putting on the frosting

Last week was spent dressing up the "skeleton" that will serve as the backdrop for our artist's tables. Hanging moss,twinkle lights, tea-dyed cheesecloth, plus yards and yards of grapevine wreath are now hanging in all four corners of the gallery. Now it's time to add the final touches to our setting for the inaugural Spirits on First.

We even managed to hit the jackpot at our favorite bookstore down the street and found some suitably creepy music for the big day. It puts us right in the mood for witches and ghouls and things that go bump in the night!

I'd be here if I were you on October 10!