Thursday, September 19, 2013
Curses! Foiled Again...
Part Two in our look at the photo highlights from Alcoa's Book of Decorations published in 1959 (click HERE for the previous post.) I don't know about you guys but these foil creations crack me up-- for example, the idea that any kid would choose to make a halloween mask out of this stuff shall forever remain baffling. Also, I can't help but think about how much trouble I would've been in at just the thought of wasting precious tin foil in my house as kid. Obviously it's ok here though-- in the name of art, of course! I have one more related post in the works coming up next... yes, it will finally be time to learn HOW to actually make some of these crazy tin foil treasures!
i really hope you provide the directions for that Pippi Longstockingesque hairpiece cause i don't think i'd ever figure it out on my own.
ReplyDeleteand i need a new Pippi Longstockingesque hairpiece.
We all do Crafty C, we all do.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why, but the birds continue to really give me the creeps.
ReplyDeleteI wonder just how much one of those large head constructions weighs? Looks like ten boxes of tinfoil to me. Maybe eight pounds? The foil was a lot thicker back then. Love to see the kids teetering around the neighborhood on Halloween night!
that last pic is hilarious too - with what looks like a chicken. that looks like it took about at least 50 boxes of foil!
ReplyDeleteall i have to say is....WHY?????
I think the last pic is from a school stage production... instead of painting the town red, they wrapped it in foil.
ReplyDeleteMr C, have you ever seen the movie Kenny & Company? It was Don "Phantasm" Coscarelli's first feature and it's awesome... especially the awful paper machete bear costume the one kid makes. Check it out!
I have not seen that! I go in and out on Coscarelli, but in actual fact do indeed like his old stuff better. I'm adding it to the list now, but it'll still seemingly take years till I get a chance to actually watch it.
ReplyDeleteI put it right up there with the first Phantasm, it even stars Reggie Bannister and Michael Baldwin, plus a few other minor dudes who show up in Phantasm
DeleteI actually think some of this stuff is kinda neat! To this day I try to think of ways to recycle used foil. The one thing I always have in my mind though is the dirty trick a brother pulled on me as a kid.
ReplyDeleteHe told me to rub a piece of tin foil against a newly placed tooth filling. It was diabolical.