I am building a giant carp for a new opera called Carp and Diva. I haven’t heard it yet, but the libretto is as silly as the title sounds. Since some people have asked what it is that I do, exactly, for a living, I thought I would show a bit of process. I start […]
All of the work that I’ve been doing with the Historic Irvington Home Tour has inspired us to start thinking about the next phase in home improvement. We love the new light fixture in the front hall, and the restored floor in the kitchen, so we’re looking at other ways to take the house back
Rob and I took a break from work to see Finding Neverland at the St. John’s Dome close to where my studio is. I loved it. The performances were uniformly strong, the film was beautifully crafted and I wept like a baby at all the places the director wanted me to.
Besides running errands for my next project, I also went to a meeting for the Historic Irvington Home Tour. I’ve done the layout for the program book for the past several years. Last night I took the poster and tabletents (those little information cards that stand on the tables in restaurants) in for approval. They
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The puppet has left the building. Thank heavens.
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We finished the puppets today! The only thing left to do is wait for the truck tomorrow. Well, I’m also updating the packing instructions with photos. This is my friend Lance posing like one of those models from the 1950 instruction manuals. It amuses me a great deal that he’s pretending to read the instructions
I had to run out to the studio tonight to pin together a piece for Martha to stitch tomorrow. When I got there, I turned on the florescent lights and immediately heard a crackling sound followed by a burning smell. Yikes. I turned them off and turned on the flashlight that Rob had brought from
Martha and I spent the day cheerfully working on the puppets. I say cheerful because we are almost finished with them. I am so very, very relieved. I’ll pack them on Monday and ship them on Tuesday. Hurrah!
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I’ve been so wrapped up in the puppets that I nearly forgot Koren’s Birthday is today. Happy Birthday!
This is a photo of Maggie’s repair. She is lying on her back in Rob’s arms. It was the only way we could get her to hold still long enough to take a photo.
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These are the puppets from Little Shop of Horrors which I am repairing. This is what Pod #3 looks like without skin.
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Thanks to the wonder of Craig’s list I now have two assistants, one of which has built a set of Audrey II’s before. We had a very productive day and I’m feeling like we might actually finish all of the parts ontime. I’m not out of the woods yet, but I’m starting to feel like
Teddi called me this morning half an hour before she was supposed to be at work and announced that she didn’t think she was the right person for the job. She quit because of the commute. I’m scrambling to find someone else.
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I spent the day at the studio with my new employee, Teddi, working on repairing the grabbing branches of Audrey II. They were pretty mangled, but are functional again, and might even look nice. We’ll see. I don’t think I’m going to have the Finale branches repaired by Monday, but I’ve come to the conclusion