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Sylvia's Kitchen

Sylvia’s Kitchen

An aria of despondent canaries, with fantastic tiny details. No birds were harmed the the creation of this art.

Danse Macabre de Bâle from Jordan Marzuki on Vimeo. A little more info at Morbid Anatomy.

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Stunning fantasy masks, crowns, and circlets from Grin, Grimace, and Squeak.  Via Dark Side of The Net.

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Ball-jointed doll tights by beadborg. Via She Walks Softly.

Bury Me Baubles

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Nivial Neve

TAUT makes delicate, melancholy dolls from paper clay.

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She strives for sustainability, her favorite building material being scrap.

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The Etsy Shop is currently closed, but there are lots of places to find her whimsical, spooky work.

W Whispers Wyn

W Whispers Wyn

Her facebook page is full of wonderful photos. You can also brows TAUT’s art on deviantArt, Pinterest, and Tumblr.

Fractured Fala Flaunts

Fractured Fala Flaunts

I’m going to follow her in several places, so I don’t miss anything.

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Bat Flower by Ray Schofield

Bat Flower by Ray Schofield

In reality, our limited garden space is reserved for edibles. I have neither the skill nor the time to plant a proper spooky garden, but I can dream.

White Wisteria

White Wisteria

My ideal dark garden is one that is dark by day, but transforms into a moon garden at night. Daytime colors would be classic goth: black, purple, red. At night, white and silver.

Calycanthaceae

Calycanthaceae

The Everyday Goth is also a garden dreamer, and has a nice guide for building a gothic garden. I like it because she works in proper gardening layers.

Black Bamboo

Black Bamboo

The classic site for dark gardening, Gothic Gardening, has been partially preserved on Archive.org. The themes, along with pictures, have been preserved at Aokley.com.

Night-Blooming Jasmine by Eran Finkle

Night-Blooming Jasmine by Eran Finkle

Night-blooming Jasmine has an incredible fragrance. A vine covered the front porch of our house in Portland. It was a joy to walk through in the evening.

Silver Sage

Silver Sage

Silver Sage has a shimmery look, and soft leaves. iVillage has some other good moon garden suggestions.

Persian Shield by Ines Hegedus-Garcia

Persian Shield by Ines Hegedus-Garcia

White Flower Farm not only specializes in white flowers, they have a section dedicated to moon garden plants.

Phlox Paniculata by Shihmei Barger

Phlox Paniculata by Shihmei Barger

I know it’s not very gothy, but I’d have to sneak a fairy door into my garden somewhere.

Fairy Door by Annabel Vita

Fairy Door by Annabel Vita

And a dragon. Definitely a dragon.

Komoda dragon by Peter

Komoda dragon by Peter