Materials:
- Stop & Shop coupon circulars
- paper mache clay (toilet paper, joint compound, linseed oil)
- Bristles from my mother's broom (sorry, Ma!)
Featured in Cosmopolitan as one of the "41 Most Gorgeous Costumes From the *Very Magical* Mermaid Parade"
Materials:
- Body: New York Times, weekend edition
- Fins: Bed Bath & Beyond 10% off Coupons
- Teeth: Masking tape - covered pipe cleaners
- Dangler: Paper mache'd braid of pipe cleaners, bike light clipped onto it.
- Flour + Water paste
- Metallic paint
AM NY, black-eyed peas, India ink, white acrylic
Silly sculptures and their shifting faces
Materials:
- AM New York
- Wheat paste
- White primer paint
- India ink
- Cereal box nose
- Synthetic hair extensions
I borrowed the "multi-eyes" motif from a Yoruba mask at the Brooklyn Museum, but I added pieces of hair extensions I bought from a beauty shop by my apartment (they're synthetic!). The locks streaming from the corners of the eyes symbolize the pain that is necessary for growth. And the tickling discomfort of creatures that can only cry hair.
