Years after zombie porn first made the Mental Shed famous, it has struck again! Media outlets worldwide have been talking about cannibalism, serial killers and zombie porn in reference to Wisconsin Sickness. My life is complete. What do I do now?

Get your Zombie Porn Star t-shirt right here.

Tweet

I was fortunate to have the opportunity to be a small part of this project in the form of website and graphic design in preparation for the launch of the Kickstarter campaign and MadChopsMedia.com, our first creative collaboration since they fled Wisconsin so long ago when I was still just a lowly internet pervert with a website, Photoshop and a zombie fetish that shames me to this day.

Anyway. they have put a lot of blood, sweat and vomit into what is sure to be one of the most epic Kickstarter videos ever, working diligently to sell stock in their souls to individuals who believe in their endeavor rather than the cold, soulless Hollywood machine. So even if for no other reason than to laugh at their misery, be sure to check out the campaign and watch the video on their Kickstarter page right here or at the brand new Mad Chops Media headquarters.

Check out Mad Chops Media on: Facebook – Google+ – Twitter – Youtube – Kickstarter

Tweet

Spare some change to prevent Armageddon? You can find Mad Chops Media on Kickstarter right here.

www.madchopsmedia.com

Tweet

See it in action here: madchopsmedia.com

You can find Mad Chops Media on Kickstarter right here.

Tweet

Where the Roots Grow is the first of what is sure to be a progressively stranger, darker and more putrid series of shadowbox diorama assemblages. Antique barn board picture frame, raccoon skull, dirt, roots, leaves. Every piece of it has its own story.

“There’s an honesty about mortality in that box. I think we are far too removed from death in our culture. It is poignant and it speaks to what connects us as human beings, and as creatures on the planet.” – Horror actor Bill Oberst Jr.

For sale soon.

Interested?

Email me at info@thementalshed.com or use the contact page.

Tweet

Check them out on Facebook: 6sick6 Promotions

Tweet

Find Bill on: Official Website | Facebook | Twitter

This shirt is available now from Bill’s official Bored in the Basement store right here.

Tweet

Now I just hope I can bring it all together the way it is in my head.

I’ve been foaming at the mouth to begin work on these dark, creepy shadow box dioramas for many years now, but it has been a few recent trips to the workshop of mad taxidermist Rob Reysen that have finally made it possible.

Last summer I wanted a taxidermy piranha. I was watching way too many hours of River Monsters. My wife said she would divorce me if I got one. Naturally, I had to put that to the test. Better to find out now if a dead piranha could do us in before embarking on the next decade together.

Turns out the piranha was the gateway drug.

Two weeks ago I asked my wife to call around to the local taxidermy shops to find a skull for the first skull box diorama art piece.

She did it.

Willingly.

That afternoon, purely by coincidence, we ended up in Rob’s shop on Halloween, staring into the empty orbs of 250-year-old human skulls tucked away in a cabinet amidst bears, buffalo, deer skulls and foam taxidermy mannikins wearing nothing but antlers.

In the middle of nowhere on Halloween, surrounded by dead things, with a man who’s sick sense of humor rivals my own. For a brief moment I wondered if we were going to make it out alive.

I was always fascinated by the art form – mostly because I imagined every taxidermist as Norman Bates, but also because the eerie realism of motionless museum dioramas and the odd forced perspectives and model environments always gave me the creeps and stirred the imagination.

It wasn’t until I read Still Life by author Melissa Milgrom that I really began to appreciate the craftsmanship and artistry involved.

I stopped in at Rob’s shop Saturday afternoon to learn the art of fastening a skull to a piece of wood. There was a bear in a bag dethawing on the counter. A couple of fresh deer skulls, one with eyes still swimming in their sockets. There was Rob’s award-winning, fully-articulated wolf skeleton. And there was Rob’s work-in-progress for the upcoming Wisconsin Sickness Brutal Bazaar art and metal show.

Partly sculpted in clay, partly molded from real bits lying around the shop, the detail and quality of Rob’s work is nothing less than you would expect from a Hollywood FX company. The latex piece for this particular project wasn’t ready to be pulled from the mold yet, but the sculpture it was molded from was definitely disturbing, to say the least.

I don’t want to give it away, so you’ll have to come out to the show Nov. 25th at River Horse West in West Bend to see this monstrosity for yourself, along with other amazing work by Wisconsin’s best dark artists.

I am looking forward to a long and devious partnership with Rob. Already, my shadow box diorama art project owes everything to him.

The new Lake View Taxidermy website will be coming soon from Mental Shed Studios.

In the meantime, whether you need a deer stuffed, bones for an art project, or a horror prop for a Halloween haunt, you can contact Rob on his Facebook page – Lake View Taxidermy or on his current website www.lakeviewtaxidermy.com

If you head out to his workshop, just be careful you don’t end up part of his collection.

On a side note, I feel it necessary to mention that the current skull-whitening project in the leftovers dish…is my wife’s.

Tweet

There was also a sickest & sexiest costume contest and the insanely epic bloody t-shirt contest.

www.wisconsinsickness.com

Tweet

“Now She Lives with the Roots” album cover or CD insert art for sale.

$100

Includes placement of your band logo and/or album title. We will contact you for info after payment has been processed or send requirements to info@thementalshed.com

Need custom album cover art and/or CD insert design? Request a quote with the details of your project right here.

More: Band Website & Graphic Design

Tweet