Last year, as we approached the big Krampus party, I posted the following on this site: Tonight, during my breaks in reading up on how to properly brine a turkey, I’m looking around the internet for inspiration to guide me as I set out to make my costume for the big Krampus event on December […]
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Consulting Nick Cave on this year’s Krampus costume
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Ypsilanti Also tagged a different Nick Cave, Alice Cooper, Art in Motion, brining, costume ideas, costumes, David Bowie, Detroit Party Marching Band, fiber textiles, fur, glam, goring, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Maynard gravy, Meat Loaf, Moonage Daydream, Nick Cave, OCD, Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitor Series, performance art, placenta mask, Search and Destroy, sound suits, sweating, Teenage Frankenstein, The Mummies, The Stooges, Turkey, University of Michigan, Velvet Goldmine, Woodruff's, Ziggy Stardust 4 Comments
What to wear to the Krampus Ball
Tonight, during my breaks in reading up on how to properly brine a turkey, I’m looking around the internet for inspiration to guide me as I set out to make my costume for the big Krampus event on December 11. All I know at this point is that I want something that won’t disintegrate when […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Ypsilanti Also tagged a different Nick Cave, Alice Cooper, Art in Motion, brining, costume ideas, costumes, David Bowie, Detroit Party Marching Band, fiber textiles, fur, glam, goring, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Maynard gravy, Meat Loaf, Moonage Daydream, Nick Cave, OCD, Paradise by the Dashboard Light, performance art, Search and Destroy, sound suits, sweating, Teenage Frankenstein, The Mummies, The Stooges, Turkey, Velvet Goldmine, Ziggy Stardust 24 Comments
WARNING… Krampus to attack Ypsi on Dec. 11…
OK, now that all the cyber chatter has died down a bit, I thought that I’d come out from my hole and explain what happened, and why there isn’t going to be a winter Shadow Art Fair this year. First, though, before I do that, I just want to say, for the record, that our […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Pop Culture, sex, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Ypsilanti Also tagged Austria, Bela Lugosi's Dead, Black Peter, Christmas, Christmas traditions, Concentrate Media, Corner brewery, dance party, dark assistant, December 11, Detroit Urban Craft Fair, DIYpsi, Doug Skinner, Elbowdeep, fear of public speaking, Fortean, Germany, glam, Klaubaur, Knecht Ruprecht, Krampus, Krampus Ball, lederhosen, Michigan Design Militia, monsters, Moonage Daydream, parades, Pelznickel, Perchten, pre-Christian Alpine tradition, pre-Christian Alpine traditions, punishment booth, religion of consumption, Santa Claus, sci fi, Shadow Brew, spanking, St. Nicholas, the over-commercialization of Christmas, The Savoy, Ziggy Stardust 32 Comments