I was looking for a birthday present for a friend yesterday, going through a box of black and white prints from my old darkroom days, and came across some I’d like to share. Here is one from Camp Winnarainbow and the traditional last morning of session pillow fight. Tradition has it that the morning wake up conch call is replaced by Jimi Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner blasting out from the stage’s sound system. The kids (or adults at adult camp) come out to have a massive pillow fight. This photo, from an undetermined year, captures Wavy Gravy, standing at attention for the whole song while joyous mayhem and pillows go flying all around him.
Papier Maché Noses. Old and New
This big fat nose dates from my first official CWB trip with the Clowns Sans Frontières, France to Croatia back in 1995. I made these on the porch of the house where we were staying in Zagreb. I used flour and water, and created a shape to papier maché using rolled...