HAT IS IT ABOUT A TALKING BOARD THAT INSPIRES SUCH A VARIETY OF REACTIONS? OVER THE DURATION OF THIS PROJECT WE RAN INTO A LOT A DIFFERENT RESPONSES INCLUDING, MY PERSONAL FAVORITE: "YOURE GOING TO HELL!" OR: "YOU KNOW, ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO BURN THOSE THINGS!"  MOST OF THE TIME IT WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TALKING BOARDS WORK, OR MOST FOLKS WOULD HAVE SOME RANDOM TEN MINUTE RAMBLING ABOUT THIER PERSONAL OUIJA EXPERIENCE. EITHER WAY, THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE TALKING BOARD STILL INSPIRES A PASSIONATE ANSWER, SOME ARE HORRIFIED, SOME INTRIGUED, BUT EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE A VIEW, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THAT SIMPLE FACT IS THE BASE OF MY INSPIRATION.  SINCE THE 1800'S THE ART ON THESE BOARDS HAVE BECOME AN ICONIC PART OF HISTORY, A HISTORY THAT IS VERY RICH, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE TALKING BOARD RAGE STARTED BY THE FOX SISTERS IN HYDESVILLE, NEW YORK IN 1848 AFTER CONTACTING A DECEASED PEDDLER, TO THAT ICON OF POP CULTURE MADE FAMOUS BY WILLIAM FULD AND HASBRO THAT BARES THE SAME DESIGN EVEN TODAY, THE FOLKS AT THE MUSEUM OF TALKING BOARDS HAVE BEEN AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR HABLA MUERTO AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF TALKING BOARDS, OR ANYTHING RELATED, PLEASE VISIT THEM. THE FACT THAT TALKING BOARDS STILL INSPIRE THAT CREEPY SHIVER DOWN YOUR SPINE, IS ALL THE MORE REASON FOR YOU TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER AND SEE ONE WORK FOR YOURSELF.

ITS A GREAT CONVERSATION PIECE ON A COFFEE TABLE, READY TO UNLEASH THE UNKNOWN OR PERFECT FOR A DATE NIGHT WITH YOU AND & THE ONE YOU'VE GOT EYES FOR, REGARDLESS, IT'LL INSPIRE WILD TALES, OR, YOU CAN MAKE A MEMOIR OF YOUR OWN.

AT HABLA MUERTO, NO TWO BOARDS ARE THE SAME, THE FINISH AND GRAIN ON EACH BOARD IS A BIT DIFFERENT, ALL THE BOARDS ARE MADE WITH AN ELEGANT 1/4 INCH BIRCH AND HAVE A THICK, CLEAR LAQUER FINISH. EACH BOARD COMES WITH THE CORRESPONDING PLANCHETTE THAT BARES 3 CUSTOM MADE FELT FEET THAT WILL NOT SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF THE BOARD. THERE WILL BE A LIMITED NUMBER OF EACH BOARD PRODUCED, AND NEW BOARDS MAY COME OUT FREQUENTLY AND BY DIFFERENT ARTISTS SO MAKE SURE YOU STAY TUNED!

HABLA MUERTO WAS HONORED TO HAVE THESE FOLKS DEDICATE THEIR TIME & TALENTS, WITHOUT THEM THIS PROJECT WOULD NEVER HAVE BREATHED LIFE!

MUCHAS GRACIAS!

MOM & DAD, JAY, WRATH, TOMMY, GENE, DANNY, MEGHAN, AND KIRK!

I SINCERELY HOPE YA'LL ENJOY, 

ORKATRON,

PROPRIETOR, HABLA MUERTO, 2010