Baba Yaga

Amazing work from scarecrow_atelier.  Feels like another world.  Truly terrifying.

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Fire And Ice

More works by Scarecrow Atelier here.

Scarecrow Atelier's Halloween 2024

Rübengeist

The design here is otherworldly.  The organic elements and detail are staggering.

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Memories Of Halloweens Past

Following up Mr. Macabre's favorite nostalgic possession comes something all the way from Austria - a very old (perhaps 100 years) grain sickle.  Scarecrow Atelier shares this special piece that's been in his family since the days it was used in the fields.  

Many years ago, the rusty blade was found while rummaging in the attic of his family home.  "It fascinated me so much that I couldn't get it out of my head," he shares.  "For me, it was synonymous with the harvest. The smell of hay and straw from a hard time when people told one or two scary stories in the evenings by the flickering candlelight.  And when you woke up in the middle of the night to a thunderstorm, you thought about the story from the evening again. You looked out the window and lightning lit up the night and the scarecrow that was standing out there in the field.  Watching over the crops and... why is it so close to the house? I had put it on the hill?  This story played in my head as I held the sickle in my hand in the attic. My love for scarecrows was awakened."

Thanks, Scarecrow Atelier!  It's wonderful trying to imagine what this sickle has seen over the decades.  And it's really perfect that it's currently cherished by a man who builds fantastic scarecrows.

For anyone interested in submitting, you can email me at pumpkinrot @ gmail . com (remove the spaces, of course!)

The Temple Of Medusa

 Beneath them standing, with one purpose they 
 Cried, and so loudly that I shrank for fear, 
 "Medusa! let her from her place appear, 
 To change him into stone! Our first default 
 That venged no wrath on Theseus' deep assault, 
 So brings him." 

 "Turn thou from their sight," my guide 
 Enjoined, nor wholly on my fear relied, 
 But placed his hands across mine eyes the while 
 He told me further "Risk no glance.
 The sight 
 Of Gorgon, if she cometh, would bring thee night 
 From which were no returning." 

- Dante Alighieri

Beautiful works and a wonderful Haunt theme by Scarecrow Atelier.

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Germanic

Wonderful organic scarecrow from Scarecrow Atelier.

Image source.

Scarecrow Atelier

Even though Instagram is the place to be these days, it's always nice to find folks using Flickr.  Instragram is great, but it's not the best when data-mining for Halloween blog content.  And don't get me started on how everyone views everything on a small phone these days.  Last Halloween I found myself only taking photos in portrait format so the details wouldn't be insanely small on an iPhone (I'm officially 98 years old).  

Click here to see amazing images of a Land of Scarecrows and Shadows.

And if you're near a laptop, use it to view these photos! 

Seven Deadly Sins

The Scarecrows of Scarecrow Atelier.

Exquisite work below...  would love to see this in person.

More images here (you totally should follow this account).

Arboreal

By Scarecrow Atelier.

More images at his IG.

A Sackgesicht Halloween

More images by Robert Bencinger here.