Artist Lizzy Rainey, Halloween Folk Art at its Best.

Matthew Mayhem — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:39:11 +0000

Many enthusiast of Halloween and the Fall season respect the classic folk art that comes with it. One artist has brought painting after painting of those same fall feelings I and others have remembered. Lizzy Rainey has captured all those feelings of my childhood that I have had at one time or another. (Previous work shown Here)

Lizzy is working on her Sept Oct Premier Halloween Exhibit. She has given The Burning Leaf a sneak peek of a small portion of an enormous painting of a spooky, moonlit, Tangled Tree Forest hosting Trick or Treaters.

Q - Your paintings seem as if you have poured your heart into the subject matter…Do you have a passion for Halloween and the fall.

Lizzy – I am 48 years old and have 5 siblings with a brother that grew up just one year older than me. My fondest memory of Halloween is simply Trick or Treating with my brother in our costumes with our pumpkin Buckets and that is what my customers mostly ask me to paint for them.One of the memories I love is a picture of myself in my witch costume in the 1960’s.

For the full interview go here Lizzy’s Full Interview

Burning Leaf member Kaizu shows off his TCM 2 Leatherface Mask From the Movie Mold

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:28:14 +0000

Ever since I first saw the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre(TCM) back when I was kid I often thought it would be cool owning a replica of the killing mask worn by the cannibal killer on film. Being a slasher movie fan, I always thought of the Leatherface mask being a piece of art, like the Myers mask and Jason’s hock.

The pt2 mask worn by actor Bill Johnson, known as “Bubba”in the film was definitely my favorite from the franchise. Instead of wearing a face of just one of his victims, this certain mask was a combination of several bits of faces stitched together making it more gruesome looking compared to the squeals which followed. Thanks to the work of Tom Savini and Bill Johnson’s acting, this version of the killing mask was rather popular among the horror fans during the 80’s.

Back then you couldn’t just go to a costume store and buy a Leatherface mask or of any slasher icon replica which was decent enough. When the internet age began I quickly started searching for costume sites that may sell high quality replicas. I finally found Savini’s site in which he did offer replicas from TCM2 made from the movie mold. I was rather not satisfied with the version which was being sold. After a little while he removed the add. A few years later I began to find pictures taken by other collectors who had bought a replica from Savini at conventions. Since I had already moved back to Japan I cursed myself for not purchasing a copy from his site.

After joining MM net I posted some questions asking if I could find a decent replica. One member who claimed to own a movie mold offered to make one. The price was much higher than the one offered by Savini and though the finishing was great, it was far from accurate. After that I checked other sites like Latex Mask Central and the HMA and I did find other replicas based off the movie mold but they either had bad detail and finishing or were a recast of a recast. Another year went by…

Finally I joined Nightowl and to my surprise, the place was packed with TCM fans. The best TCM2 replicas I could find were the ones that were sold by Savini. By the time I was about to give up hope, I found a thread by a member who was selling a limited number of blanks made from the movie mold. It took me a while to find this thread since everyone didn’t use the name TCM2, they all went by the name “Bubba” since that was LF’s name in pt2. If I were to purchase a blank I wouldn’t know who to send it to since I didn’t know anyone who was good at doing up a TCM mask. Then I found out that the seller was a SFX man who had worked for Savini and many others in the past. I thought, why not ask him to finish up the blank. The man kindly accepted and as a result I made the right decision.

After 2 months a package arrived from him and I was astonished from what was in the box. The piece I received resembled that of a mask made by the mad man in TCM2. The finishing was much superior to any of the replicas I have seen throughout the years. Thank you Mr.DB, my search is finally over.

Our very own member Kaizu scored a TCM 2 mask from the movie mold. Congrats Kaizu. Thanks for sharing the story with us. Go to our forum to view more pics.

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