Gothic Americana by Octoberwych

Welcome to my darkly creative world. I have been a mostly starving artist for nigh on to 40 years. I started creating gothic prims a few years back because I simply could not find what I wanted in stores. All creations are original in design and finished in primitive, often grungy style with hand sculptured and hand-stitched pieces. I work with mixed media which is fancy terminology meaning I use whatever works **grin**, including wood, canvas, wool, homespun, rusty metal and paper mache/paper clay. One of my favorite things to do (I call it the Frankenstein Syndrome) is rescue a hard-used piece from a resale shop or garage sale with good bones and give it new life.

A short video slide show - just random shots of October Country USA creations (made 2018)


 What follows are still shots of some of the creations.

Paper Mache Grim Twin #1 Witch - 2015 (makeover)
Paper Mache Grim Twin Witch #2 - 2015 (makeover)
Paper Mache Moony Witch - 2015 (makeover)
Paper Mache Ms Gourdy - 2015 - OOAK original
Paper Mache Farmer/Pilgrim Witch and Stump Witches - OOAK original
Mr BOO Grins

Pretty in Pumpkin (center)
Pleasantly Plump Witch
Paper Mache Jack Sculpture and Reworked Gargoyle
Happy and Sad Party Jacks with hand-carved wood feet
Giant Paper Mache Jack
Giant Paper Mache Jack
Giant Paper Mache Jack with hat
Paper Mache Makeover Jack and Giant Jack
Giant Paper Mache Jack #1
Giant Paper Mache Jack
Allow me to present Elmira Crank
Of The Sisterhood of the Black Hat and her mangy, faithful familiar - Smiley Cat

Elmira is a four foot two Barefoot Primitive Witch with gnarly hand sculptured wood hands and feet.
Mixed media - canvas, wood and wool. One of a kind Gothic Americana primitive creation by Octoberwych.
It is my pleasure to present Pendergast Punkin'head
Of the Misty Morn Autumn Country and his mostly molting companion - Cro-Witch.

Pendergast is a three foot ten Barefoot Primitive creation with gnarly hand sculptured wood hands and feet.
Mixed media - canvas, wood and wool. One of a kind Gothic Americana primitive creation by Octoberwych
Sister Wise Witches!
Funny little wise women - iridescent-skinned (a color I call witch-tique) prim creations fashioned around a bottle body with gnarly big-nosed heads, hand sculptured wood hands and hand-stitched trimmed robes.
Mixed media - canvas, wood, wool, homespun and paper. Each one - a one of a kind Gothic Americana primitive creation by Octoberwych.




Witch Poppets
Not so cuddly primitive creations with somber hand-stitched features, needle-felted wool hair, hand-sculped wood arms and legs attached button-style to soft canvas bodies. Most have witch-tique stained faces.
Mixed media - canvas, wood, wool, homespun. Each one - a one of a kind Gothic Americana primitive creation by Octoberwych.

Witch Bust
Witch of Jacks and Witch of Cats
Hand-Painted Canvas and very Prim Creations with hand-stitched features and hand-sculpted wood noses and ears.
Mixed media - canvas, wood, steel wool. Each one - a one of a kind Gothic Americana primitive creation by Octoberwych.

Skinny Witches
About two foot and six tall. Hand-Painted Canvas and very Prim Creations with hand-sculpted wood heads and hands with a primitive finish in witch-tique green and grunge. Hand-stiched wool felt and canvas hand pieces.
Mixed media - canvas, wood, wool. Each one - a one of a kind Gothic Americana primitive creation by Octoberwych.


Weird Sister Witch Keeper of the Cats and Keeper of the Crows
Wickedly weird... somber, rather pouty, hand-sculpted features on hand-painted on canvas with my favorite witch-tique green, with hand-sculpted wood hands and wire spring hair - extremely prim. Each holds a burlap bag of hand-stitched wool felt and grungy critters.
Mixed media - canvas, wood, wool, burlap. Each one - a one of a kind Gothic Americana primitive creation by Octoberwych.
Fat Cat - only slightly mangy
About a foot and six tall, completely hand-stitched grungy wool felt prim feline creation with a reversible penny patch collar (jacks on one side/stars on the reverse side.
Mixed media - wool, metal. Each one - a one of a kind Gothic Americana primitive creation by Octoberwych.
Batula
Velcome! Some odd inches over a foot tall, completely hand-stitched grungy wool felt flittermouse (ok - funky-looking bat) mounted on an antique bed spring.
Mixed media - wool, metal. Each one - a one of a kind Gothic Americana primitive creation by Octoberwych.
Meet Mange the Cat
Some odd inches over a foot tall, completely hand-stitched grungy wool felt cat mounted on an antique wood spool.
Mixed media - wood, wool, metal. Each one - a one of a kind Gothic Americana primitive creation by Octoberwych.
Crow Witch
Some odd inches over two foot tall, completely hand-stitched grungy wool felt crow mounted on a wood turning with rough out wood star base and wearing a grungy canvas witch hat.
Mixed media - wood, wool, canvas, metal. Each one - a one of a kind Gothic Americana primitive creation by Octoberwych.
Scat Cat
Some inches shy of a foot tall, Scat Cat is just a plain ol' grungy canvas prim shelf sitter creation.
Mixed media - canvas, metal. Each one - a one of a kind Gothic Americana primitive creation by Octoberwych.
Moon Witch
Appriximately 2 feet in length
Mixed media - canvas, cheese cloth
by Octoberwych
Canvas Jacks
That's all for now - will share more creations soon!

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