I really fell down on the blogging these past few weeks. I hope to make up for it with a bunch of pictures of what transpired since the last post...with some commentary...
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Here is my collection of work at
Oferenda (remember that far back?)
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The next weekend I had an opportunity to bring our "
the Red King" to host
Gilded Lilly's burlesque night at the
Palace of Wonders![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMGbZuiRAwqtMlPmrgTiTOfgoVSnP08WVvS_xxWAqW5zQDQI18MtZILGa3n8ohD9v83FMhzCKi6T3r88p2PazegaQVprzDFbT3zpptp41jKYbA1S8xm1Vgt7YjVB5mycEEOCoXQ/s400/Me-as-Elvis.jpg)
Same night...trying to tell jokes and look sexy...
Lobsterboy's last show (
Le Grand Mort) Backdrop in progress
STAGE RIGHT
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Backdrop progress
CENTER![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBae-TBvK3sDjeac-xS5t2gCG2PyqofjS_8UhHadSGkM81t6CTnYKpOUZ0-DOatSEbYg9LLI_zCc0r5evhaxIrYhJLiSDUDpG3kgweHeJRnOsDfkVD-jZPwSO2jS8o3wi-LlyRw/s400/Drop-Progress-SL.jpg)
Lobs Backdrop progress
STAGE LEFT![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIV3nGZPuH3jjJgqlQMBuO3DPVO9Gf2UVkSX4QiPOG_wTrVsaxQP_TaX515OyzLsBJTe80xUkbap97g7QmxIoSxHt-KI9knIfYOrZLOIrqGNLpsOcC8ugeTcYXUdJyAfDcWtaAQ/s400/Lobs-Last-drop-stitched.jpg)
Stitched together photo of the final drop
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Pic of the drop setup for the first time (with Lobsterboy's Evil Twin Lucas)
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Detail of the "corner" of the drop...More photos of the last lobsterboy show will be forthcoming, I don't have any of the actual show, since I was busy tending to
THE OCHO on the same night. So hopefully people who took photos will post them to fickr soon!
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THE OCHO heart for the dining room...I figure that wherever the cocktail weenies were kept was going to be the "heart" of the party!
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This shot captures the mood of the evening quite nicely...
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"
El JEFE" with glowing eye border
Screenprint on black paper, with white, red, gold and glow-in-the-dark ink.
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El DIABLITO" with glowing spooky trees border
Screenprint on black paper, with white, red, gold and glow-in-the-dark ink.
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CORTEZ" with Gold Floral border
Screenprint on black paper, with white, red, gold and glow-in-the-dark ink.
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El CORAZON" with gold floral border
Screenprint on black paper, with white, red, gold and glow-in-the-dark ink.
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View from upper back porch looking down onto Aztec temple, and Chupacabra beanbag toss.
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Senor y Senora Calavera, the Skipper, Gilligan, La Ultima Guerrera, and (yours truly) Pantera
More photos next week (as they develop!)