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Tacky Treasures
The Mark Eden Bust Developer, the Popener, a rubber band
vest, and more
Nouveau Tacky
Jesus playing football, a Chairman Mao cigarette lighter,
and other delightfully tasteless objects
Tacky Places
Foamhenge, Cooter's Place, Planet Wayside,
and other whimsical places
Tacky Topics
The Tacky Treasures Road Show, Mike the Headless Chicken,
big heads, art cars, salt & pepper shakers, ballerinas abuse
Seasonal Tacky
Naked witch earrings, Love Kubes™, kinky cuffs,
pooping reindeer, Santa piñata, and other holiday treats
Books & Records
Why not eat insects, the Temple City Kazoo
Orchestra, and more
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Mark Cline
New in 2009: Hannibal
Crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains
Creator of monsters and dinosaurs, haunted
houses and Foamhenge,
Mark Cline is more than the "oddball artist" characterized
in an article in the Roanoke Times. I suspect it
doesn't bother him to be called that, as long as it brings
more people to Natural Bridge, Virginia to see his attractions.
While attending the Virginia HauntFest 2004, I learned that
he is, in addition, a skilled craftsman, storyteller, actor
(a ham actor, perhaps, but quite entertaining), street magician,
and more. His humor, which pervades all his work, has a charming
tongue-in-cheek quality, sometimes in questionable taste,
with a little irony thrown in. This is precisely the definition
of a tacky treasure.
The pictures below are from miscellaneous events associated
with the HauntFest, plus some of my own wanderings. |
Mark Cline's creations
are so scary, they even frighten him!
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Casket Races
Mark gives new meaning to the phrase "monster truck."
Enchanted Castle Studio
Mark Cline can be reached through his web site, at http://www.enchantedcastlestudios.com/.
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