Cupcake Girl

Cupcake Girl is a full service roving confectionary costume. She was built for En-Joy Productions and The Workshop for a big party in Gasworks Park in Seattle. The construction was a collaboration with Sue Minn and myself. It was an engineering feat. Cupcake Girl has become quite the party girl and rents out for many occasions. Most of the fabrics were purchased, a few were painted and dyed. Michelle Bates photos.

More Buffoons

The costumes for El Dorado are dip dyed lycra, painted and distressed to look old and decayed. The headpieces and feet are foam built-ups and so are many of the twisted body parts. The actor creating their persona and then creating the show was new to me. Each Buffoon is reflective of the person inside. As actors changed it was a process for the new person to inhabit the old skin.

UMO's El Dorado

I have had a 20 year relationship with UMO ( see www.umo.org ). I designed and built the Buffoons 18 years ago for their show El Dorado. They have been wildly popular and have been re-built several times. In August 2010 they remounted the show at ACT in Seattle. The show is more spot on at this point in our history. The photos are by Michelle Bates ( www.michellebates.net ), a wonderful action photographer. Visit her website for more Buffoon shots as well as all her beautiful work.

More Felt Work

These hats are from the show at The Heron's Nest on Vashon. They are wet felted and then needle felted. The Devil Horn and Spider hats on the previous post use the same method.

Felt Hats, a new direction with fiber

I took a felt class in 2008 and have been playing with dyeing wool and felting since then. I had the chance to do an Artist Residency and worked with Carolyn Buehl and over 200 children to make beanies from hand dyed rovings. In September of 2010 I had a small show at The Heron's Nest Gallery on Vashon Island and sold out my hats. So now I am busy making more for the holiday season.