My newest gig is doing props and “specialty items” for a play up at Barnard College. The specialty items consist of a series of crow puppets and a box of entrails. When the director called me, she said, “So, do you have any ideas on how we can make a box of entrails? [1. side note: I just realized that I already had a tag for intestines. There’s something vaguely wrong about that.]
“Yeah.” I continued to fold laundry as we chatted,because this was pretty simple stuff. “A box of unlubricated condoms, KY jelly, food coloring, saran wrap and a little stage blood.”
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone and then she said, “Oh. I thought this would be a longer conversation.” Another beat of silence. “I take it you’ve done entrails?”
“Oh, yeah.” I tucked the last pair of socks into the drawer. “Had to do a disemboweling for a show. Fun stuff.”
The crows now. That’s going to be a much longer conversation.
I feel I should be apprenticing under you and taking down notes to produce better photo shoots at work…
What kind of photo shoots do you do at work?
We’re a rock magazine, so basically anything we can get away with (we’ve probably done numerous zombie-like–myself included– pictorials).
We’ve been trying for the past few years to conduct a photo shoot at a butcher shop but unfortunately due to sanitation reasons (on the side of the butcher shops), we haven’t been able to do so.
Haha, you certainly have a strange portfolio. =)
I just realized that I already had a tag for intestines.
Okay, I expect this sort of thing from Jay, but not you.
I love my alma mater. Were you talking to Amy Trompetter?
Also, fond memories of making a bag of *edible* intestines for The Skriker: corn syrup, food coloring, orange slices, lasagna noodles. Out of curiosity, how would you do edible?
No, but I worked with her on another show.
So when people say you’ve got guts, they’re not just speaking metaphorically? -)
I guess not!