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When I was a graduate student at UGA
, we had a running joke whenever we would do something brilliant but not what you would expect to be part of a graduate curriculum, like making a dress out of hefty bags or feats of engineering to conserve paint and ink. We would cap off the process by saying, "Half of a Master's Degree at work!" or "Two thirds of a Master's Degree at work!" counting down to our graduation date (I think the smallest documented increment was someone turning in their thesis paper saying "15/16ths of a Master's Degree at work!") Now that I am finished, I will still say to students upon doing something like fixing the hot-glue gun with another hot-glue gun or boiling felted wool dreadlocks,
"A Master's Degree At Work!"
​ Enjoy a blog about the weirdo things that make my degree special!

An oldie but Goodie...

7/25/2013

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Pentheus' severed head

When I saw it, I wanted to puke!
Awwww... uhhhh.
That is gross.
Is it bad that these are some of the most dear and treasured compliments to my work to date?

This was a bit of a journey- tried a life cast that did not go well, so went back to beginning and just sculpted the face from a Facebook photo on the actor's page. And the assistance of the lovely and ever patient Frank Schropp as an editorial eye ("Nose looks different. His forehead is bigger..."). Cast the clay sculpt into a shallow mold and then had a workstudy roll it as the Dragon Skin silicone cured. She changed her major...

Spread thin layers of flesh tinted Dragon Skin on the face and laid in hair using some surplus synthetic weave. (Incidentally made a mustache for Booth in Assassins using the same technique and Skin Tite adhesive  that was flexible and comfortable once we got everything trimmed and the application process down...). Tinted more Dragon Skin icky blood red and let it pour and self-settle making the "viscera" droplets and dangly-downs. Dragon Skin is naturally glossy, so I just put it on last after painting. We cleaned it once af
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  • Find out about USITT