Plastered.

What happens when you get two artists together with a big cold batch of homemade margaritas and a giant box of Plaster of Paris? You end up PLASTERED!

A friend and I decided to hang out one day and let our doggies play in the kiddie pool she'd just bought. I mean its been a terribly hot summer in the ATL! So as the animals cooled themselves in the water, we cooled ourselves with a pitcher. A pitcher of very yummy, VERY strong margaritas. Now, I know I have mostly shown paintings on this page, actually that is all I've shown. But I also do found art (which normally includes tree branches), wood and metal sculptures (think bilongo fetishes), and bronze and clay sculptures. I take impressions in wax from casts I make... the whole she-bang. Anyway, Its been awhile since I have made any casts so when my friend, in her afternoon drunkeness, pulled out a box of Plaster of Paris, I thought, in my afternoon drunkeness, it'd be fun to play.

In order to do body casts successfully, you need Vaseline to protect your skin...That way when you pull the plaster off, hair and skin don't come with...Paper strips and a nice smoothly mixed Plaster of Paris. Oh yeah and a willing subject. That was me. We had two of the four. A willing subject and paper strips. It was so hot the plaster mix started drying in the bowl, making it lumpy and disgustiing. And once we'd already started making the plaster, she realized there was no Vaseline. We'd already wasted a box of plaster, soooooo LET'S SEE HOW WELL COOKING OIL WORKS. Just a heads up - IT DON'T! But we had fun. I think the pictures prove that. I laughed. Maybe you will too!