Blank Telegrams From Great Britain

These telegrams from the 30's and 40's come to us via the kind generosity of the Women in Technology Project, with special thanks to Caillean McMahon, Maureen Hennessey, and curator Francesca Tronetti. They previously donated a Western Union Night Letter, and I'll have more of their work later in the week. Just click through for the high resolution versions.

End Time Clock

Soon the stars will be right and the end of days will begin. The talented Jason Soles, no stranger to these parts, created this wonderfully disturbing End Time clock.

The Dark God Uzugga

Artist Christian Hartmann brings us a statuette of the dread Uzugga. I wouldn't have thought to use a use a blue and white color scheme on something like this, but it really works.

Getting The House Of Cthulhu In Order

There may be some temporary dead links over the next week as I try to impose some better organization on my old posts. Both the "Paper Props" and "Physical Props" categories are too crowded, so I'll be setting up some new, more appropriate categories to make finding things easier. "Creatures and Specimens" will be getting their own header, along with "Postal Props" and "Telegrams". Beyond that I'm going to play it by ear.

Molding Cthulhu

Noadiart has posted a helpful series of videos on Youtube showing how to use silicone putty and polymer clay to mold a Cthulhu cameo. It's an inexpensive and surprisingly easy technique with a variety of applications for anyone interesting in making small physical props.

Newborn

Artist Santani brings us this horrifically detailed monstrosity entitled "Newborn".

Miskatonic Ink

The very talented sculptor Leonardo Dias has taken his dedication to Miskatonic University to new heights.

Hello buddy, remember some time ago I mentioned a plan to have your Miskatonic seal tattooed? Well,there ya go. I only used the centerpiece,not the words. I hope you understand I adapted the sun rays to an old illustration style that fits well with my pre-existent tattoos. Really thanks man, I'm really proud of carrying this with me forever! He he.

The tat-style Miskatonic seal after inking:



The Miskatonic Class of 2010 flashin' the horns:



How cool is that? It's not often you get to see your artwork on human flesh. Heh.

As an aside, I'm continually amazed at how broad Lovecraft fandom is, both in terms of geography and lifestyle. One of the real pleasures of this blog has been the sheer variety of people I've had an opportunity to come in contact with, from scholarly researchers that wouldn't be out of place in one of Lovecraft's stories to hardcore bikers and punks. I've discussed the flight characteristics of Dornier Wal amphibious planes with a vice cop overseeing brothels in Amsterdam, received invaluable help finding out when spiral binding was invented from a French librarian, and swapped emails with a survivor of the absolutely insane New York occult and fringe scene of the 70's.

It's a funny ol' world.