Halloween is one of the highlights of Lancelot's year. A festival of feasting and costumes that brings out the creative genius of everyone in the Design Studio. The pumpkins are carved and lit in preparation.
A Strange Sight
What a strange sight, it looks almost like a witches' coven dancing around their bonfire... In fact it is Lancelot and co melting down their Halloween candy. Worried by the prospect of rain the Design Studio went trick or treating early and scored a record haul. Now they are applying great heat and in a top secret process extracting the corn syrup. The syrup is then solidified and converted into bio fuel which the studio will sell back to the government. (Since Congress mandated higher bio fuel usage in 2007 corn prices have reached record levels. See the Financial Times, Wednesday, October 30 th). With luck, the profits from today's work will allow them to relax over Christmas. It's a good thing the squirrels completed their core class work in organic chemistry and that Agile will be spared his annual tooth ache. What a good thing too that Lancelot subscribes to the FT!
Same source, same idea.
A similar approach to a photograph of a Chinese policeman directing traffic in the smog.
Halloween Owls
Playing with photographs from the Financial Times. A well known French politician is in the process of becoming an owl.....
More preparations
With the weather seemingly set fair, and Halloween only a week away, everyone at The Design studio is working hard to ensure a successful Halloween this year. Anticipating a record haul, Lancelot has arranged to borrow Cinderella's pumpkin carriage for the evening. In exchange Lancelot will provide Cinderella with some much needed brand repositioning. (Remember that ugly libel case between Cinderella and her step sisters?). We hope their hard work will be rewarded.
Lots of time left to change one's mind.
Still lots of time left to work on their costumes. Inspired by Lancelot's creative example, one of the squirrels decided to go as an acorn.
Getting Ready
Remembering the devastation wrought by Sandy last year, Lancelot and co are especially keen to ensure that Halloween is properly celebrated this year. Taking a little time off from their many work projects the studio begin planning their costumes. This is Lancelot dressed as an Mummy. Who could resist a charming young hedgehog disguised as a mummy?
Poor Choices, Adverse Consequences.
I recently spoke to Lancelot, Agile and Wilfred on the importance of making wise choices vis a vis Halloween Candy. Lancelot said he would be trick or treating for pencils for the design studio, Agile claimed he would only accept toothbrushes and all three assured me they would only eat chocolate with a 70% or higher cocoa fat content and only if it had been grown by small, artisanal communities 8,000 ft above sea level and wearing only organic cotton or hemp. I felt greatly relieved.
Halloween Party.
Ready to party. Double page spread from collage journal.
Trick or Treat
Double page spread from my collage journal. 