Although UPS tried to put the kibosh on my coffin deadline, by trying not to deliver, I finally received the lil vault and put my mark on it accordingly with an ode to a timeless master of horror / macabre literature … H.P. Lovecraft. All you Lovecraft fans know the Cthulhu Mythos which is the true inspiration for a cult-pop coffin dweller. Titled “Death May Die” the piece incorporates the hand built coffin (by Duffy from Electric Coffin) painted texturally to evoke the elder ones and a removable “Shoggoth” character/toy. The title is a clipped reference to one of the truly great Lovecraftian quotes “That is not dead which can eternal lie. Yet with strange aeons even death may die.”
After putting together a graphic novel 5 years ago with writer Scott Beem and comic artist Zac Atkinson titled Vault of Cthulhu I continued to arouse my dark side with other Lovecraft inspired pieces. Paying a bit of homage to our book I decided to use the highly coveted title graphic which is integrated into the upper part of the coffin where the creature extends his cyclopean tentacles. This works perfectly as I see the coffin as the true “vault” that holds the aeon aged beings of the Cthulhu Mythos. It is always satisfying jumping into the 3D work and bringing some layers to my visual repertoire.
Check out the gallery below for close up details of the Cthulhu Coffin and the Shoggoth Toy.
Duffy from Electric Coffin with a little insight into the production of the show and artist line up:
Duffy’s recap of Boxes of Death II … a most EPIC show!
Boxes of Death Show from Andrius Simutis on Vimeo.
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