Opening tonight

If there is any excuse for my shotty posting over the past little while, here it is.

RTS presents

AS YOU LIKE IT

Written by William Shakespeare

Rehearsed with Ian Watson

Set and costume design by Esther Kim

Lighting design by Kai Masaoka

December 1 - 4 2009

Abrams Studio Theatre

Featuring Eva Barrie, Ayinde Blake, Laurie Campbell, Sean Casey, Cassandra Dang, Patrick Godin, Kira Guloien, Kate Handford, Kirsten Harvey, Madeleine Jullian, Andrew Lawrie, Anthony Rella, Ellis Rockburn, Katie Ryerson, Harveen Sandhu, Karen Slater, Noah Spitzer, Thomas Swayne, Philippe Van de Maele and Anna Wheeler

It's my design debut! It was a strange time in my life, but I am so excited for the show to open tonight, it's been a long time since I was really proud of my work of any sort being featured in a theatre, no matter how small. After a couple 90-hour weeks, I am ready to do this all over again (and I thank everyone involved for teaching me everything I know) and keep at it for once. But before I do anything again, there's the opening night party to attend to.

The sold-out run begins tonight!

ps. Happy December, and hope you enjoyed your snow-free November, Toronto!

Dirt and grime

Designing and dyeing for Caliban, from The Tempest by (the amazing) Shakespeare.

Deformed and grimey.

Wear & tear with scissors, stitch rippers and nail clippers


After dyeing the first layer with tea. Thank you, Lipton.

Fibre-reactive dye. Building layers.

With a lot of green... This is pretty much the stage it's at right now, but with a lot more green.

Dyeing my skin, while I'm at it. Can I be a Martian?

ps. When I first started writing here, I meant to keep track of the things I was making and creating. I couldn't stand the fact that school, which I attend to further my creative knowledge, was such a hindrance to this, so it's pretty exciting when I get to do things like dyeing.

Scenic painting class

I'm winding down. This is a picture of my last assignment of the semester with our scenic painting instructor, Richard, in the front of the flats for scale. It took 8 students and a few weeks, and it's quite a difference compared to fine arts, but it was an experience.


(Two of my group members, Alisa and Nadia)

FUN TIMES.

(photo cred goes out to Kathleen Cheung!)

Sketch dump part I / happy December!

in the garden
nail polish art part i

shirin

nail polish art part ii

(this is a drawing of the beautiful album "Night Falls Over Kortedala" by Jens Lekman, especially the song called "Shirin"--the story of an Iranian girl living in Sweden who becomes Jens Lekman's hairdresser)

plant catalogue

inside
nail polish art part iii

#1

So... here it is.

I painted this over the summer, when I thought I might be painting murals for a summer job. It's of a carousel that my dad got me from a flea market in some smalltown, Ontario, quite a few years ago--it plays music and spins!