Tim Burton's Magical Fashion

Tim Burton's Magical Fashion

In anticipation of his retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art, filmmaker Tim Burton re-imagines the season's dark delights.

Photographs by Tim Walker.

HARPERS BAZAAR

MOMA
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Matt Armendarizand + Adam Pearson's Scary Apples

I could not resist posting this image found on tigerprint.

All from Matt Bites. Enjoy!

Red & Black Candy Apples

8-10 medium sized apples
8-10 wooden twigs, trimmed
3 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 cup of water
several drops of cinnamon flavored oil
1/4 teaspoon of red food coloring
1/4 teaspoon of black food coloring
Clean and dry the apples. Try to remove as much of the wax as possible. If you purchase them from your local farmer’s market then chances are they have not been treated with the food grade wax that makes then shine. Remove any stems or leaves and insert a twig into the end of each apple. To facilitate easier twig entry you can carefully sharpen the end of the twig or use a candy stick to create a guide hole. Set apples aside.

Heat and stir sugar, corn syrup and water in a saucepan until sugar has dissolved. Boil until the syrup reaches 300 degrees on a candy thermometer. Don’t go over 310 degrees or your candy burns and then you’ll be sad.

Remove from heat and stir in flavored oil and food coloring.

Dip one apple completely in the syrup and swirl it so that it becomes coated with the melted sugar candy. Hold the apple above the saucepan to drain off excess. Place apple, with the stick facing up, onto a baking sheet that’s greased or lined with a silpat. Repeat the process with the remaining apples. If your syrup thickens or cools too much, simply reheat briefly before proceeding. Let the apples cool completely before serving.

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"A note about the black apples: Lighter colored apples (Granny Smith, Golden Delicious) work well in making the red appear bright and glassy; darker apples like red delicious help the black candy appear as dark as possible. Muy spooky!

Also, Adam made one batch with red food coloring and after he had a few red apples he reheated the candy mixture and added black food coloring. Adding black to red will make it darker. He repeated the dipping process. Black food coloring can be found online or at specialty baking stores."

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HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND

I leave you with this view of our barn and backyard.

Enjoy Halloween and dress up. Don't be a party pooper!
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VINTAGE HALLOWEEN

Got your costume on yet? Me either.

Vintage 1930's images of Virginia Welles, Joy Hodges, and Clara Bow.
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TWO TALK

I think perhaps one of the best things about having a blog is exactly this... I heard from Mary Wolfe and Lisa Evans, of TWO TALK, who work with an international charity, SOS Children. The charity helps children on an impressively large scale have a secure home. In addition, SOS helps families stay together.

Each day Lisa and Mary take pictures of the moments in children's lives from simple everyday things like making cakes, playing in snow, learning to read and draw, to more dramatic moments like giving food and shelter and making new houses following natural disaster and war.

These images are captivating, real, and heartwarming. In each image there is a hint that in these lives there is a chance to heal and live happy.

When collective consciousness comes together anything is possible.
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Their blog will updates with a new picture and conversation every day for a year.

To get in touch, please email twotalk@soschildren.org.

You can get a daily update on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TwoTalkAtSOS.

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TwoBrunettes 2010 Calendar

Love Two Brunette's Carolynn Giordano. Such a sweetie.

Her hand drawn silkscreen calendar is a total eco friendly creation. Hang it up for the year and then use it to dry your dishes or perhaps wrap around a wine bottle to give as a gift. Affordable and adorable. Her cards are cutie too.

SHOP

FLASHBACK into MY ILLUSTRATIONS

Looking through some of my past illustrations.

PLAYING with PATTERN

Hitting the sketchbook over here, feels great. Doing at least 5 drawings a day.

HOSANG PARK at JEN BEKMAN GALLERY

Love the image from above by Hosang Park's series A Square. Shown is Bongcheon-dong. Photographs of man-made Korean parks surrounding luxury high-rise buildings.

Hsang says of his photographs:

"I find that showing the parks in this way reflects the characteristics of the Korean metropolis where I live. While a park might be associated with rest and play, these areas are increasingly used commercially as a means to boost property values. It would, after all, be hard to have discussions or take rest in such places. Likewise, for people in contemporary Korea, days are compressed in terms of time and space and taking a rest in a small downtown area doesn’t seem to have any meaning at all."

Jen Bekman Gallery is located @ 6 spring st., between Elizabeth st. and Bowery. map

PHOTOGRAPHY by RODNEY SMITH

Like a Sargeant painting
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Heidi Klum's Kali Ma Halloween costume

Um, yes, I need to reinterpret this. I love Heidi Klum! Found on Anahata's Blog.

"Kali Ma, called the "Dark Mother," is the Hindu goddess of creation, preservation, and destruction. She is especially known in her Destroyer aspect, squatting over her dead consort, Shiva, devouring his entrails while her yoni sexually devours his lingam, penis. Kali, in this aspect is said to be "The hungry earth, which devours its own children and fattens on their corpses…" In India the experience of the Terrible Mother has been given its most grandiose form of Kali, which just is not simple imagery; it is the image of the Feminine, particularly the Maternal, for in a profound way life and birth are integrally connected to death and destruction."

ANNORLUNDA

beautiful
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RUTH LODDER / NETHERLANDS DESIGN

Loving these pieces.
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RAW EDGES DESIGN

Splendid Design
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NEW YORK CITY by CHRISTINE'S SKETCHBOOK

Great NY pics by Christine's Sketchbook.

RAW CACAO LOVE

Do not knock it until you try it. These raw goodies are better than you might think. Especially the Cacao Crunch Superfood Granola. Great with fresh hemp milk. These ready made raw foods are great if you do not have the time to sprout or dehydrate although if you can make large batches of granola and cookies your bank account will not catch on fire. Buy in bulk and start making some tasty cacao cookies and tarts.

If you have not had any raw food desert my suggestion is to check out a great premiere raw food restaurant near you so you can get an idea of how amazing this foods really is and can be if you work out the kinks as with any recipes.

Organic Nectars / ChocAgave Raw Chocolate Sauce
One Lucky Duck / Chewy Almond Crunch Bar
Go Raw / Live Chocolate Granola
Living Intentions / Cacao Crunch Superfood Cereal

GreenChef Chad Sarno | Cocao Marble Tart

Deep and chocolaty. Dried black cherries, orange peel, and cinnamon. The recipe is quite long so have a peek here.

GreenChef Jana | Mango Colada Smoothie

Just found GLivings's site today and could not be happier. Lots of great recipes and info.

I make a simialr shake to this and it was nice to see a few varients. Enjoy.
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TO MAKE
"To make this first blend all of the room temperature ingredients in your blender first until fully blended and smooth. Then add the frozen mango and ice cubes and blend again until creamy, thick and frosty. Pour into tall serving glasses. Makes 2-3 Servings. You will need at least 1 small pineapple, 1 young coconut, and 1 bag of frozen mango for this."

1 1/2 Cups Young Coconut Water

1/2 Cup Fresh Young Coconut Meat

2 TB Coconut Oil/Butter, Virgin

1 1/2 Cups Fresh Pineapple (Chopped)

1 TB Lime Juice

1/4 Cup Agave Syrup

2 Cups Frozen Mango

1 tsp. Vanilla Extract

1 Cup Ice Cubes

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find more recipes at GLiving >

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new INK+WIT FOOD + KITCHEN ILLUSTRATIONS

having fun with new ideas!

©INK+WIT 2009

BOWHOUSE AUSTRALIA STACKABLE DOG DISHES

How can you not love these?

{ WORDS UP } no.6

INK+WIT recipes:::: RAW COCONUT VEGAN CHAI

In the midst of the cold weather chai is a great soother. Plus, if coffee make you jittery and you need a new fix try a raw coconut chai. It can be made more thick like a shake or thinned out more like a tea. I have been drinking these all week and they are delicious. I created the recipe below. Enjoy.

TO MAKE (1 8oz serving / thin with more coconut water to increase servings)
* VitaMix (necessary)

• 1 large Young Thai coconut -- (cut open)
• strain the water in a large bowl
• use 3/4 cup of the water (if the coco meat is thick and fresh you may need more water)
• pour water and coconut meat into VitaMix
• 1/2 tspn fresh ground nutmeg
• 1 tspn fresh ground ginger
• 1/2 tspn cinnamon
• 3 pinches cloves
• 1 tbspn Agave Nectar
(you can play with how rich in spice you want it - just add more)

- blend on full speed in VitaMix for at least 30 seconds. Then at medium speed for another 30 seconds.

- serve room temp or slightly chilled (do not heat)
- best if drank right away or within the day (store in fridge)

recipe by Tara Hogan / images by Tara Hogan / ©Tara Hogan INK+WIT2009
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ALMOND BATH

Soak your nuts much?
Seriously, sprouted almonds are the best. Easier to digest and have a lot of protein. Almonds can often be difficult for many people to digest because of an enzyme-inhibiting substance in their skin. Soaking or sprouting removes this inhibitor so that the enzymes secreted during digestion can do their job.

Be sure to get organic raw unsalted almonds. Better deal price wise in bulk. If you cannot get organic be sure to get them raw and unsalted.

TO SOAK
3 or 4 cups almonds
cover with lukewarm purified water in a glass or stainless steel container
make sure bowl is large since the nuts will swell and grow in size
cover the almonds with a little extra water
soak overnight for at least 12 hours
drain with cold water (do not walk away / peel immediately)
the cold water will enable you to slide and remove the skins (the skin is now toxic)
while you remove the skins meditate / it takes a while
store in the fridge for up to 2-3 days (eat them relatively soon)

Almonds combine well with avocado. Throw them in a salad.

(photo by Tara Hogan / INK+WIT)
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FAWN+FOREST BAMBOO PLYWERK PANELS

fawn&forest is a lovely boutique. They offer sustainable and organic furniture for children as well as wall art and clothing.

Delighted that I was asked to create a series of INK+WIT designed Plywerk panels exclusive to fawn&forest.

Details:
"Each panel comes ready to hang with the artwork printed on Fuji and Kodak silver-halide papers. Besides having superior color reproduction these prints also have excellent ozone resistance to ensure superior lightfastness (resistance to fading). The sustainable panels come with a keyhole notch for easy hanging (see specs) and a beautifully finished bamboo edge which look great against any color wall."

All images property of fawn&forest (all logo and supporting elements part of fawn&forest branding and ID.)

shop fawn&forest
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SALT CITY AND SECOND STORIE INDIE ART FESTS

Holiday fests are upon us. The new Syracuse Salt City Art & Craft Mart and Rochester's Second Storie are coming up in the next few weeks.

Salt City Art & Craft Mart
Second Storie
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Matthew Christopher

You were found too late. Ughh, I loved my dress but the Cirrus dress (at top) ... I just cannot stop staring at it. Can we all have more reasons to wear these fab dresses?

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