Tooth Letter
January 21, 2010
In cleaning out the filing cabinet a couple days ago, I came upon this letter I had been saving in order to photograph and post online. My friend, Jasmin, mailed it to me while camping in the middle of nowhere, and, well, the post office had a field day with it… This is what I received:
Sorry that it’s blurry, but in case you couldn’t tell, she enclosed a couple real teeth, probably dog teeth and the post office confiscated them! And apparently they couldn’t confiscate them by just opening the envelope and taking them out, they had to rip the corner off containing the teeth and then deliver the letter to me as shown… really!? Come on post office, this is how you treat peoples’ mail!?
Lesson learned from this: if you want to send me some teeth in the mail, put them in a padded envelope or box…
Theatrical Photos
November 17, 2009
I don’t feel like writing for once, but here are the photos as promised:
Soon I will do my usual budget info and “Things Learned“ entry…
(De(re))Install: A Trip to Rhode Island
November 6, 2009
What a whirlwind this week has been! I finished installing the show just in time for Open Studios to begin Saturday and Sunday; had over 300 strangers come traipsing through my apartment, loving it or hating it, respectful or browsing through our personal belongings; cooked an insane amount of food for my reception Sunday evening (I am still eating my way through the leftovers!) and had several friends stop by to chat, check out the work and deliver some gorgeous flowers; crashed early every night to try and catch up on lost sleep and recover from taxed people skills (thank god for Flour! If it wasn’t for working there I’m not sure I would have the ability to tactfully deal with all of them!); got up as early as I could force myself Monday morning to take down the big piece and figure out how to transport and more importantly, translate the configuration; loaded it all (including the bed) into a Zipcar, drove to Warren, RI, just outside of Providence, reinstalled the whole thing with 2 foot higher ceilings, cleaned up the disaster we had made of the gallery, and drove back to Boston!!! Then it was back to the jobs Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with a trip BACK to RI, this time by commuter rail, for the opening reception Thursday night. AND a 5am commuter rail back to Boston this morning to arrive in time to open the bakery. All I can say is thank god for Kent, who was key in installing the Paper Jungle way back when, and for Zipcar, even though it cost me an arm and a leg…
I still have to share the “nicer“ photos I took of the piece when it was still in my apartment with ALL the lights turned off except the two illuminating the piece from below. Those will come soon…
Open Studios Success!
November 4, 2009
I had over 300 visitors over the course of the weekend! The building received over 700, but I imagine most people got lost and didn’t hit every studio or were scared by the room full of teeth and didn’t bother trying to come in. Here’s what they missed:
And just for fun…
I also took a ton of photos of the big piece by itself in super dramatic lighting. I will post those next…
Teasers…
October 28, 2009
A few pics for you loyal readers out there (if you even exist!) of what’s coming this weekend. By no means is this finished, but most of the teeth are in place… I would say it is 83% there…
That’s it! That’s all you get. Come to the show this weekend to see the finished version for yourself and all the other little surprises I have in store…