Blue Sky Yellow Berries

Huntington Ave, November 2008

Cy Says 'Hi'

Northeastern University, October 2008

This statue of Cy Young stands in the middle of the Northeastern campus, on the onetime site of the mound of the Huntington Avenue Grounds, the Red Sox original park and location of the first World Series, won by the Red Sox in 1903, then led by their star pitcher, Mr. Cy Young. There is also a brass home plate at the site of the Grounds' home plate. I love the spot, I love the Cy.

Fall Blossoms

By Northeastern, October 2008

I used the tiny blossoms from these bushes as the main section of the mask I made for my work's anniversary party, which was a semi-formal masquerade this year. I made the mask from a plastered gauze material which I molded to my face. I then painted it, drilled holes in the sides to put in ribbon ties, and used a glue gun to cover it in dried leaves, flowers and twigs. These particular tiny flowers made up a large diagonal which started at the top on one side, surrounded one eye, crossed my nose, and filled in underneath the other eye. They took a long time to glue, one blossom at a time, but I was really happy with the result. I will try to post a picture of the mask later.