Art & Dolls: Georgie D'Kay

Hailing from Akron, Ohio, "deviant doll artist" Georgie D'Kay takes unassuming little pretties and transforms them into the brilliantly bizarre beauties known as Little Murderess Dolls and ArachnoKids.  

ArachnoKids

Each serenely scary doll is hand-crafted, meaning every one of them is finished to a high-quality standard and unique. It is unsurprising then that her D'Kay's work has been featured in galleries and collections  including Thirteenth Floor and Oddmall.

Even more impressive than her dolls, are Georgie D'Kay's absolutely gorgeous and amazingly detailed 3D sculptures on canvas, which are both haunting and divine. Particularly wonderful are the macabre "Corpse-Art" pieces 'Red Catrina' and 'Two-Headed Corpse Sculpture', which would make an outstanding adornment to any wall.

To see more delightfully dark artwork, and to keep up to date with Georgie D'Kay's work, be sure to visit the links below:

Georgie D'Kay's Website

Etsy Store

Twitter

Ebay Store

Facebook

Many thanks to Georgie D'Kay for permission to use the images!

Dolls & Art: Little Gothic Horrors

After the fun of posting something for the Blogger Zombie Walk, another great part of the event was discovering so many fantastic blogs that I'd never seen before. (If you haven't checked the other blogs out yet, you really should!) One of the afore mentioned wonderful "new" blogs I found was 'Little Gothic Horrors', which belongs to Emma Yardis, an Australian doll artist and purveyor of all things spooky.

Hannah - Victorian Gothic Ghost Art Doll from Little Gothic Horrors

Each "delightfully dark little doll" are handcrafted and based on a pattern that Emma designed herself. You might think that having the same pattern for all the dolls would get boring, but actually the details, colours and fabrics ensure that the Little Gothic Horrors all have their own styles and personality, which is really fantastic.

Yvette - Victorian Gothic Ghost Doll from Little Gothic Horrors

As part of the Blogger Zombie Walk, Emma is currently running a contest to win Zola Zombie, so if you'd want to be in with a chance of winning, simply go to the post on the Little Gothic Horrors blog, and leave a comment that includes the word "zombie". You'll have to hurry though, because the competition ends on October 8th! If you don't happen to win, don't worry! Zola's zombie kin, Zara Zombie, is also available for purchase through the Little Gothic Horrors' Etsy store.

Zara Zombie Art Doll from Little Gothic Horrors

To visit Little Gothic Horrors or to purchase a doll of your own, you can click on the links below↓:

• Little Gothic Horrors Blog
• Little Gothic Horrors Etsy Shop
• Little Gothic Horrors Facebook Page

Art & Dolls: 'Dig Deep' Holy Death Assemblage by Ugly Shyla

'Dig Deep' by Ugly Shyla

'Dig Deep' is the darkly beautiful, hand-crafted death assemblage, designed and made by Ugly Shyla.

"TITLE: Dig DeepMEDIUM: Vintage gauze fabric fabric,ceramic,glaze and a wooden frame.COSTUME: A stained gauze.SIZE: 13 X 11 inches.NOTES: Assemblage is to be displayed hanging on a wall.The figure stands out a bit from the frame so it looks like she is almost floating out of the frame.Behind the Death figure's head it says "I am trapped in a hole I can't dig my way out of."Piece was partially inspired by Santa Muerte http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Muerte "

The absolutely gorgeous piece is now available on Etsy:

'Dig Deep' Holy Death Assemblage

Whilst you're there, make sure to take a look at some of Ugly Shyla's other pieces too as there are many darkly beautiful items in her Etsy store.

Ugly Shyla's Website:

http://uglyart.net/

Art: The Underground Market

'Amelia' by Zoe Black

The auction site Etsy and the stores it contains are always full of gorgeous, bizarre and unusual things that are largely one of a kind or at least hand-crafted. This entry is about one such store, The Underground Market, which is run by the artist/crafter Zoe Black. 



'Bitey the Vampire Bat' necklace by Zoe Black

The Underground Market sells original dolls/figures, jewelry and paintings in a largely adorable and spooky style.  Even though the works do fit into the 'creepy cute' genre, they're also quite unique at the same time, making them ideal for collectors or as gifts. The tiny painted details and embellishments further add to the charm of each item and you can even request custom made pieces as well.

'Better Than A Flea Circus' original painting by Zoe Black

 All the items featured in this post are currently for sale, along with lots of other macabrely delightful pieces, so hurry over there before they're gone!

Thanks to Zoe Black for permission to use the pictures.More images after the cut↓