The Exodus...

Today I am packing and organizing for the Big Move at the end of this month.

Actually we move this weekend.(but the packing now begins)

some of my paintings ready to go...

After a full year in the cabin in the woods, we have decided upon moving to a small blip of a town that has a beautiful 2 story house waiting for us. This will become the NEW Diablo Manor. For a city boy like me, moving into a cabin was a bit of an adjustment. But, now that I have had a taste of country life, I am jonesing on the idea of moving into a micro community. The town is filled with artists and I will have ALOT of room to work and create, hell, I will even have a shop in my backyard.

As I write this, I am also preparing a large load of equipment to be shipped to Hay Shore Resort for the Carnival Diablo Festival of Wonders. This will be the first of many loads going out to Hay Shore. When I am not moving to the new Diablo Manor, I will be at Hay Shore building and creating props and large installations for the Festival. This includes a new set of banners and many great 19th Century Carnival sets.

I will be doing a photo doc of the making of the Carnival Diablo Festival of Wonders which I will post here as time goes on.

Plus I will be unveiling a NEW TV Station on Youtube that will host many of the characters from the World of Carnival Diablo Productions.

Yup, I got my work cut out for me.... Heeeere we gooooo!

Prof. Crookshank's Traveling Medicine Show commercial... #1

Well, this past weekend we unveiled the Last Showman's Caravan in Canada at the Expo 150 in Petawawa Ontario. Over 30,000 people showed up during the 4 day event and we had a TREMENDOUS time! We were set up in a Pioneer Village with around 28 pioneer re-enactors. They were part of a group called The Pioneer Gathering and some of the most colorful and interesting people I had met in a long time :)

Old Charlie, Roy Brausewetter, Me, Jessica Huether and Ward Wright

 Ward Wright, the man that built the Caravan was at the Pioneer Gathering doing what he does best, being a strong, almost mysterious character that could throw knives and tomahawks with great precision and crack a whip like you would see in the movies, with panache and flair.

We lived out of the Showman's Caravan for the 4 days and found it quite comfortable. I had time to work on the interior a bit before we left and the living quarters was great. I am going to work on the interior more this summer.

We cooked, performed and spent time acting as if this was our way of life in reality.

I would actually have enjoyed spending a whole summer living out of the back of the Caravan, it was a nice contrast to modern living. No cell phones, computers or TV, we were without any source of power for the whole time we were there.

And it felt GOOD!

Prof. Crookshank's Traveling Medicine and Showman's Caravan was a hit!

Prof. Crookshank

I decided to make a video of the stay and I have turned it into a short little commercial that we can use for booking in the future.

Here it is... ENJOY!

This summer is getting more and more interesting everyday!

The Carnival Diablo Festival of Wonders

For everyone that enjoys the Strange and Bizarre... I have decided to create a Festival to celebrate the Strangeness of being Human! We all have one thing in common... we dream and have great imaginations. YOU can now indulge in a Festival that encompasses the absurdness and imaginative side of life on this big blue marble.

Welcome to The Carnival Diablo Festival of Wonders!

The FIRST poster to our NEW Festival!

This is a shout out to everyone that enjoys the Weird, Wacky and  Mysterious side of LIFE. Lovers of Sideshow, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy and the Supernatural can now come together and enjoy every facet of the truly Bizarre.

An invitation to EVERYONE across this great planet to come together for 3 days and indulge in a fully immersive cornucopia of all things Strange and Bizzare!

The Carnival Diablo Festival of Wonders will be taking place July 29th thru the 31st 2011 at Hay Shore Resort in Carleton Place, Ontario. For more info and to see what we have in store please check out the NEW website
www.eisengrimms.com and mark those dates on your calendar! (its time for a Vacation!) And YES there is camping on the grounds.

I have some GREAT Surprises coming up.... and will reveal more over the next few weeks.

Stay tuned and tell your friends... Carnival Diablo is throwin' a Party!