Cabinet des Fées

Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes

CdF — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:00:49 +0000

One, two, three, four... Cabinet des Fées is very excited to announce the release of Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes, including seven full page, full color illustrations by Adam Oehlers. Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes shows you what a childhood pastime looks like when you dial macabre up to eleven. If playground fun got married to the genetically engineered child of Joss Whedon and Neil Gaiman, their offspring would be Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes. Curated by Francesca Forrest, these are not the rhymes you jumped rope to as a child.

An interview with artist Adam Oehlers

CdF — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:00:04 +0000

Francesca Forrest talks with artist Adam Oehlers about his work in Cinderella Jump Rope Rhymes and more. Francesca: You’ve done a fabulous job capturing the spirit of our macabre jump rope rhymes. Can you say a little bit about your mindset as you were creating each painting? Did you see each rhyme as part of
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Issue Two of Demeter's Spicebox

Nin Harris — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:18:38 +0000

It’s official, salt is sexy! In more than one tradition around the world, salt is used to purify enclosures, or home dwellings. Along with herbs, or turmeric, sea salt is said to remove negative charges from the atmosphere. Salt is an agent of purification, a very housewifely thing to keep on hand. But like love,
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Salt by Joshua Gage

Nin Harris — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:18:31 +0000

Salt by Joshua Gage My friend, do not be tempted by the billowing fragrances of cumin, the crimson piles of pepper, the syrupy perfume of fenugreek that my neighbors offer. Come here, stranger, and look at this. Were a woman powdered in crushed cloves and cinnamon, were her temper blazened with the finest fruits of
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The Salt of Aksum by Mae Empson

Nin Harris — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:18:25 +0000

The Salt of Aksum By Mae Empson From Aksum, city on the hill, the Negus of Neguses ruled over all of Abyssinia, from northeastern Africa to the coast of southern Arabia. His ports sang with the mingled voices of merchants from all across the known world bartering for his elephant ivory, his rhinoceros horns and
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