i'm working hard at paintings and at new bloodmilk. please excuse the sparse posts.

xo

paul romano: the book of them.

new work by paul romano. what lady doesn't love her own tome?

xo.

"The books are made up of my photographs I took over a number of years. Everything is printed cyanotype that I then toned. Each book is 32 pages plus the cover and meant to be a set. The books take their inspiration and titles from the show “He Said, She Said”. The story of the books is simple; He says snow and She says sky."

wolf & bear. tooth totem.

wolf & bear. a tooth totem necklace. made especially for you, whoever you are.

xo.

lori nix does apocalyptic miniatures.

lori nix photographs these incredibly detailed apocalyptic scenes in her 'the city' series. i am at once creeped out by the abandoned landscapes and amazed that these are actually miniature installations created before photographed. this satisfies both my obsessions with the apocalypse and miniatures.

thanks paul!

alice in wonderland in paris.

i'm sure many people are headed out to see tim burton's alice in wonderland this weekend. alas, i'll have to wait a few more weeks, but to hold me over for now, are these amazing editorial window displays in paris at printemps, featuring amazing designers such as the late mcqueen. it seems everyone is in on the alice buzz.

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joan of arc as duelist.

i love it when i have the good fortune of finding one of these gun knives. by pairing it with a joan of arc medal & bleeding sacred heart, i'm suggesting a victorian duel in which our lady joan holds one of the pistols. perfect tones and a delicately detailed pistol make this one really special.

take a peek.

xo

get well.

electro-physiology session photography.

via.

x

book lust.

while i've shut myself away in my third floor home studio painting and tinkering with strange jewels, i always think of my first love, books. i've been sleeping with books by brian evenson & stacey levine. i love everything about books, the smell of their pages; new and old, their spines and covers. i fell into an immediate dreamy lust when i saw these antique bookcovers, skinning everything from the bible to catherine de medici.

via.

fresh blood for the bone moon.

new blood milk made during last night's full moon, a bone moon in native american tradition.

this piece is the first of my cast series that i've been working on for the past month or so and features cast sparrow claws.

take a peek in the shop! more coming soon!

modern relics

modern relics is an amazing shop in san fran. i love this promo photo, so inspiring! i've been thinking up new ways to display & photograph my jewelry. my new cast line is so close to being finished! also, tonight is a bone moon, look out for a new piece of bloodmilk later on tonight!

xo

jessica ward does eating.

jessica ward's drawings up at the hive gallery focus on deities that express eating disorders // issues with eating and body image. they are also creepy as hell.

x

adam wallacavage does winter caves

even more sneaks of lust worthy art via the upcoming jonathan levine gallery 5 year anniversary party / opening come from philly native adam wallacavage. as a renaissance man who has a great eye for photography, he also makes the impressive and fantastical chandeliers that have graced nearly every cool place here in philly and beyond. i'm especially digging the batty one.

xo

the victrola steps into modernity

mark ryden does meat.

i just stumbled upon this new mark ryden painting! he's having a show, 'the gay 90's: an olde tyme art show' at paul kasmin gallery in nyc which is thrilling to me because it means i'll actually be able to see an entire body of work of his in person for the first time! the work seems to be somewhat of a throw back to his glorious "meat" days, which has some of my favorite pieces.

xo.

sleepwalker print x jennybird alcantara

one of my favorite artists, jennybird alcantara, just released her first ever print, sleepwalker. go buy it here before it sells out!

xo.

oh, chloe.

i look forward to sunday's for big love. seeing chloe sevigny act as a hot mess mormon is just too good. also, i know they are from last year, but i'm really lusting over her opening ceremony buckle boots. there are a ton of knock offs out there now.........

xo

i have about 50 days before my show at topstitch, opening first friday / good friday. the show, 'catholica melancholia' will include portraits of joan of arc & the virgin mary in various re imaginings. i'll also be having a bloodmilk trunk show opening night as well, which is very exciting because despite my muteness on that front, i've been secretly conjuring so many new odd jewels. it's going to be a long hellish way from ash wednesday to good friday. purging by painting.

xo.

claudia & karl do frida.

i just don't know about this editorial in the march german vogue. although, i have been digging karl's risks lately. his minnie mouse hair was rad. but while this site only moonlights as a fashion site, i must say that claudia schiffer as frida kahlo must be making her turn in her grave. or not. she was one for a good grotesque shock.

xo.

adelina mictlan x etsy

my sometimes roommate in the house of gloom & doom, adelina mictlan, makes incredible rings & other strange adornments. i'm rarely seen without one of her chunky two finger rings myself. lucky for us she finally opened an etsy shop. go check it out here!

xo.

i know i've posted ray caesar a few times before, but i'm really fascinated by his work. there will be a few new pieces up at jonathan levine's 5 year anniversary party / art opening. you'll find me there lusting over this one........

xo/

happy v day ghosts and ghouls!

xo

r.i.p. mcqueen.

betsy walton i'll take one of everything please.

dearest betsy,

i'd love one of each please.

i can trade you a rib, an eyelash, or maybe one of these stubborn wisdom teeth i've been saving.

yours,

jls.