I’ve fallen a little bit in love with Chelsea Wolfe in the past few weeks.

Superhero Amanda Palmer has been off her major label now for a few years, and is looking for funding for her upcoming album’s polishing, promotion, merchandising, and all the other stuffs that a big fancy label would have done, via Kickstarter.

You can pledge anywhere from $1 to $10,000 to help back this artistic endeavor. I’ve paid monies to see her live a number of times, and have also caught tiny secret events for free on beaches and in tiny hidden spaces, and have never felt an artist being as appreciative of her fans as she is.

Give her your money, and she’ll send you lovely thank you gifts.

Haute Macabre is honored to debute these images of JL Schnabel, the woman behind BloodMilk, by Purebred.

From Stacey of Purebred :

The portraits we shot with JL Schnabel of BloodMilk are part of our on-going artist portrait series where we try to reveal a personal truth about each person. We were really excited to work with Schnabel, as we have been long time fans of her Bloodmilk jewelry line AND readers of her thought provoking and well-curated blog under the same name. We spent a lot of time prior to the shoot throwing back and forth ideas with her and ultimately landed on two themes that seem to run throughout her creative life. The first, a kinship with the heroin Joan of Arc and the second, a sense of being in between places : air & earth, ethereal & tangible, cerebral creativity & the solidness of her works. We feel the resulting images each address these aspects of her creative process and reveal her strong, wizened, (quiet warrior) inner story.

We are really honored to have had the opportunity to work with JL – we consider her depth of character and talents immense and we are constantly inspired by her contributions to the fine art world, both as an artist and a curator.

Shoot Credits ::

Purebred Founders, Ransom & Mitchell
Photographer : Jason Mitchell
Set Design / Photo Illustration : Stacey Ransom
Hair / MUA : Jihyun Kim
Accessories Designer : Bloodmilk
Wardrobe Stylist : Alicia Campbell, Taxil Hoax Jewelry
Wardrobe Design : Eirik Aswang
Wardrobe Consultant : Christina Molcillo, Black Lotus Clothing
Artwork & Illustration (on flying pages & books) : Paul Romano
Vintage Swords : Audra Kunkle, Loved to Death

French artist Virginie Ropars crafts and costumes these incredibly lifelike dolls. Her web page has lots more photos!

The Sequel picks up where Conjoined 1 left off last year at this time. More classic sculptures, Life like models, Surreal assemblages, mixed media paintings, life sized toys and other conjoined works in 3-D. From the twisted and bizarre to the majestic and unbelievable there will be many unusual works!

Curated by painted monster maestro, Chet Zar, last year’s launch saw record attendance, numerous dropped jaws and abundant late-night lingerers, such was the entrancing power of the works displayed. Previews of art to be featured in Conjoined 2 have begun to surface on the Copro website to a similar effect:

Dead Pope, Chet Zar

More examples follow this text! Show up between 8 and 11pm for a chance to see these and many, many other pieces by today’s leading pop-surrealists, film special effects pros and well known toy creators, and say hello to our very own Zoetica, who has two paintings in the exhibit and will be in attendance along with many of the featured artists. This is one show you don’t want to miss – see you there!

Stitch Ears, Laurie Hassold

The Fast Supper, Jason Hite

Filthy Johnson, Paul Chatem

La Petite Mort, Christopher Conte

Cephalotus Geminus, Zoetica Ebb

Vati-Cane, Francesco De Molfetta