Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts

Monday, August 3, 2015

Final Farewells - 3rd Annual Studio Purge

Bindlegrim has purged a few remaining Halloween items from the studio - some vintage-style candy containers and Hallowe'en lanterns from the 2013 and 2014 seasons. A recent tradition during these last two summers, this would be the third albeit mini Summer Sale - via jumpkinpunkins on ebay. And here's a small review of the items listed:

2015 summer sale of limited-edition signed decorations for the autumn holiday.

The following three listings from this sale, are all the last of their limited-edition series. Auction bidding ends August 9th, 2015. (Note - all sets include the addition of four Hallowe'en postcards released in 2014). 




Large package includes cat, scarecrow, pumpkin, witch, devil and scarecrow - with postcard set witch, devil, black cat, and bogle. Signed characters include cat, scarecrow, pumpkin, witch, devil and scarecrow. Postcard set witch, devil, black cat, and bogle.

Open package shows Jack O'Lantern, witch, scarecrow, black cat, devil, and clown characters ready for eerie candlelight moods.Open package of six characters ready for eerie Halloween table decorating during autumn parties.

This listing is for the last packaged set of six vintage-style candy-container-lanterns from  #4/5 Creeps (Shadow Edition) mechanically diecut, signed and sealed during the production. The candy-container design features classic slot-and-tabs to create an open-top box that holds treats, and doubles in function as a lantern with translucent eyes, nose, and mouths.

Bindlegrim Creeps in the Dark

Each character is also signed and hand-numbered on inside base - for example: "Creeps (Shadow Edition)" #1 (1-6 for the characters), #4/5 (edition with the artist's Halloween signature), 2013 Bindlegrim.  More photos (the artist's creation process and final production shots) as well as various video is available on flickr: the Creeps album.




Halloween hex lantern #10 was created for the Denver Halloween Trunk Show and this photo shows the last for sale from the artist. Pumpkin vines and different Jack O'Lantern expressions on featured on the classic vintage-style paper lantern by Bindlegrim.

Last of limited-edition vintage-style Halloween lantern for sale directly from the artist during the 2015 summer sale. Signed paper lantern - #6/6 Traditional Grim 2014 by holiday artist and decor designer.

#10 Traditional Grim #6/6 (last one) comes from a series of 12-sided lanterns - this one was created especially for sale to attendees at the Halloween Trunk Show #9 (2014).  The imagery was a return to traditional orange and black and is a hybrid of two previous lanterns. (The pumpkin vines from "The Pumpkin Patch" and shrunken-head style pumpkin faces from "The Horrid Decor"). It was briefly displayed during the show (with a postcard stating it's history before being sealed in its package). 

Because I missed getting any studio shots during the craziness of preparing for the show, I wanted to share this awesome photo by Johanna Parker who to my wonderful surprise, included one from this edition in her home decor for the season! (PS - the bat hook is also by Bindlegrim available on the Bindlegoods store). 

Incredible folk artist Johanna Parker shared this photo last year of her very own home decor which at top featured a vintage-style holiday lantern by Bindlegrim!

Some item details --- when flat the lantern measures about 12" by 12" side to side. The frame is made from 2-ply acid-free museum board. The vellum imagery is laser-printed for durability. Advised best lighting with an LED or low 3 watt white light for best color range (anything hotter is not advised, nor is exposure to the elements). Every process was Made in the USA and hand-assembled by the artist. The main packages is hand-numbered. The lantern inside is signed and numbered "Traditional Grim" #6/6 (edition with the artist's Halloween signature), 2014 Bindlegrim.



Paper lantern featuring male and female couple pumpkins was originally for sale in 2014 - this is the last available from the artist with this design.This lantern features a couple in 1920s style clothes - with grins and grimaces - and a full moon sky with bat silhouettes.

#4/6 signed artist piece - this paper lantern is the last available with this pane design by holiday artist Bindlegrim.Close-up of panes on autumn Harvest Moon lighting decor reveals full moon, bats, and a pumpkin couple.

#9 Harvest Moon #4/6 was also created especially for sale to attendees at the Halloween Trunk Show #9 (2014).  The imagery was inspired by early century pumpkin faces, and is heavily detailed compared to early 2012 silhouette lanterns when the 12-sided series first began.

In the same madness, I didn't get any studio shots, but collectors were very kind to send in images of their acquired lanterns - and this colorful photo is a definite favorite with the beautiful autumn colors contrasting the lantern panes!

12-sided lantern with pumpkins and blue panes contrasts beautifully with the yellows, oranges, and reds of the autumn landscape from the window view.

Similar construction information applies to this lantern. Note that this lantern was produced and sealed at the time it was created. The last one for this listing was never displayed.


Thank you again for ogling the goods - and in the next month hoping to have some new standard products available on the Bindlegoods store. Please remember that the artist does take a break from this one-spook operation near the end of October (pre-Halloween) so early ordering is recommended.

Saturday, June 29, 2013

3 Months Later... it's a Summer Lantern Sale!



I suppose no blog is complete without at least one long absence followed by the sentence you're reading at this very moment re: these deepest apologies for the disappearance! Yes, almost 3 months to this day, Bindlegrim has been quite invisible, working long hours elsewhere (at the day job, with graphic design clients, and even catching a quick road trip whenever possible during the early summer months). But now, it's back to work in the wonderful world of holiday kitsch, because we're well past the year's halfway mark to the coming Halloween 2013!

When last we left ol' Bindle there were sneak peeks at Bindlegrim 2013 October designs (Creepster Cast 2013), and as well  the book contest & freebies for Tall Tales Shorter Days had just drawn to a close (of which, by the way, the book is now on Nook and the print cover was very recently updated as shown below)...

Bindlegrim's Tall Tales for Shorter Days (Print)

In preparation for those new Bindlegrim characters to appear in in the coming season, it's time to clear up a little space, and perhaps even raise some funds to get the next year's designs completed. So, as the countdown ticks away from the hottest days of the year toward autumn chills ....it's time for a SALE. And so the last remaining limited edition hex lanterns created during 2012 are going to be made available via ebay this coming July 2013.


Though it hasn't fully been decided in what order and frequency this will all occur, it's most certain that the last remaining of its kind The Haint House (in honor of it being the very first Bindlegrim lantern to ever appear for sale) will show up once again at the forefront, but this time with a dubious honor as the first of the last...





*** UPDATES 6/30 ***

The first 3 summer sale lanterns are now listed on ebay for a 7 day auction.

The Haint House

The Cornish Litany

The Pumpkin Patch


*** UPDATES 7/07 ***

If you were hoping for a particular favorite to appear: here's a quick rundown of what was created, and sold out vs. remaining stock for a coming summer appearance: These #'s are updated as of auctions ending above on July 7th:
  • #1 The Pumpkin Dream (of 5) - Orange (Sold Out)
  • #2 The Cornish Litany (of 9) -  Purple (Sold Out) - Green (Sold Out) - Orange (stock:2)
  • #3 The Haint House (of 5) - Orange (Sold Out)
  • #4 The Space Witches (of 5) - Orange (stock:2)
  • #5 The Pumpkin Patch (of 6) - Orange (Sold Out) - Yellow (Sold Out) - Red (stock:2)
  • #6 The Horrid Decor (not limited and unspecified but only a few made)
  • #7 Gruss von Krampus (of 3) - (stock:1)
Once again, the very best to all those who return for another go at these, and my apologies for not being more prolific, but with the hand-assembled nature of these combined with the time of create the art for each edition --- I hope it makes them all that more meaningful to those who find one lighting the darker nooks of those Halloween shadows...



Sunday, March 31, 2013

Creepster Cast 2013

Thank you everyone for your input on what creature might make a good sixth character for the Bindlegrim cast this year of 2013 Halloween! In fact, I have one character more than I had planned.. and so I have decided to do some special things, as far as numbering and availability... (Don't forget too that these portraits are just sneak peeks of what in future will be a four-sided candy-container lantern).

Spot #6 (regular cast member) is now taken by a creepy clown who, by one comment, appears from the sloppy make-up job to have been vivisected. This weirdo has also tarted itself up in baby blue, mauve and pink polka dots... a real carnival geek. Eek!

Number 6 in a cast of characters for Halloween 2013 by holiday artist Bindlegrim

Extra #7 (not officially part of the cast) is a haunted house with a quartet of skeletons lurking about the premises. While in general I might decide on different production amounts, depending on what might sale best - (re: devils & witches don't do so well in some states, and a clown maybe not such a hot item for Halloween (?) while in reverse of that alot of folks loved the cat)... so I'm seeing the haunted house as a very limited run at a larger size compared to the smaller six. (And just perhaps it's their six faces that will appear on the transparencies)...


Well, more details to follow. Just so happy to get these characters down as a set for the coming year! I have an inkling that there may be a Bindlegrim 2012 vintage-style Halloween lantern with the six 2013 character faces on the panes... hmmmm....

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