I did production design for a short film my friend and colleague Ben Hosking wrote with actor Josh Grey. Part of that involved formulating some fake blood to stain some bandages. I came up with some pretty convincing stuff. The recipe, if you’re interested, is red food coloring with just a touch of blue, glycerin, and corn starch. It coagulates a lot like real blood, so it’s great for scabs and clots.
Trash Paintings, 2020-ongoing Mixed media art waste (often including acrylic, PVA glue, paper, cardboard, and Sculptamold) on canvas board In my series ‘Trash Paintings’, I only use materials left over from other art projects—unused acrylic paint lingering on the palette, sheets of half-dried glue from the morning after a papier-mache session, snippets of cardboard picked…
More from the archive: Sarabande’s spring show from last year, with a belly dance group who did a guest dance during the show. I loved Sarabande’s costuming this semester! Click on individual images to see them full-size.
Arlington is all about placing large carved stones around to commemorate various events and people, mostly related to war. The majority of them are for the Revolutionary War, but the big column in this picture is in honor of Union soldiers from Arlington who fought in the American Civil War. I wrote about this memorial,…
My friend Eliza and I went to Nahant Beach. Since it’s New England, the sun was way too hot and the water way too cold. We had a fun time anyway and left with beachy waves in our hair!
Ashley and Addie are getting married at the end of this summer, so they wanted some pretty engagement photos among the flowers at the Arnold Arboretum. It rained a ton, but we got some cute shots anyway. They look so happy!
