I’ve been incommunicado for a while again, transmission faltering in the middle of the storms of business, avalanches of paper and swamps of development hell. Film business is a bitch and then you shoot. Good thing that there are the mystical mountains of martial arts to meditate the body and mind back to silence in this urban rat race.

It doesn’t help that I’m a notorious perfectionist, which made me turn down a number of projects I didn’t feel would follow the path of my heart. And that is the hardest path, because true art often doesn’t pay the bills. But I’m quite pleased with the material I’ve been working on for a while, but writing demands more seclusion and focus. As both entrepreneur and artist I continue to be involved in a whole gamut of endeavours ranging from consultancy to design project. Too much in fact and I’d rather focus purely on films and martial arts, but things have been growing in parallel ways rather than serial.

One special long awaited art project that combines several fields of traditional crafts has just gone into its last phase. We sent out a broadcast earlier today, but to summarise it for those not on our mailing list:

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At the moment the first 27 copies of the Special Limited Edition of The Mindscape of Alan Moore have just been completed. Thanks for your patience, but there were several complications and gaps in what continues to be a laborious process. Each artefact is individually handmade by a craftsman bookbinder with carefully selected materials. Genuine sheepskin leather with shades from light to dark brown in naturally occurring patterns.

The Special Limited Edition of The Mindscape of Alan Moore was exclusively designed as an antique grimoire by Shori Jie and Shadowsnake to contain: The double disc DVD edition of Mindscape, the music CD of the original soundtrack and a mini print of the original film screening poster all secured in the lined box by a brass button.

The cover and spine are heat branded with the production entity’s emblem and the film’s title.

Each artefact is individually numbered from 0-360 and signed by Alan Moore and DeZ Vylenz.

The book shaped box is around 4.5mm thick and will fit on a book or film shelf with 23 cm in height or in a special vitrine.

The total prices of the package ranges is £ 87 + shipping (between £ 9.50 and £ 14.50 depending on global location).

There are obviously not enough to place this on our online shopping cart as an instantly available item, so we will only post images and a description, but reservations have to be made by sending an email. This way we ensure that our earliest supporters and real collectors get a chance to purchase this special edition, which will be registered by name (e.g. number zero is reserved for Alan Moore).

If you bought a copy in the pre-order phase in 2007, you will not only get priority on the list, but also have the purchase price of the DVD deducted from the total package.

We will post more images online in the next few days, but please email for further enquiries to info@shadowsnake.com with in the subject: Special 360 Limited.

Many thanks again for all your support for Project Mindscape.

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