Those of you who have been following this blog (thank you, by the way, you’re very much appreciated) may have noticed that I haven’t added any new food drawings for, well, pretty much the whole summer. So, where I have been channeling my creative energy, you ask? Rest assured, I haven’t started making balsa wood birdhouses or taken up miming or anything, I spent pretty much all summer on the very enjoyable Mask Task.
The Mask Task was assigned to me and my two roommates/sisters The Sistaster and the L’il Sis by our older sister, let’s call her Miss Mousey. Miss Mousey got married last weekend to my new brother-in-law, Froggie. They decided to get married to the lovely little ditty “Froggie Went A Courtin’ ” (check out the Bob Dylan lyrics and music here) and tasked us Brooklyn sisters with creating a dozen (that’s 10 + 2, people) papier-mâché masks for their young friends to walk down the aisle in. I suppose this story is better illustrated than written, so behold below the cutest children ever wearing the strangest wedding attire ever:
The Junior Wedding Party
Froggie
Miss Mousey
Uncle Rat
Flyin’ Moth
Juney Bug
Bumbley Bee
Broken Black Flea
Mrs. Cow
Little Black Tick
Big Black Snake
Old Grey Cat
Lily White DuckSo what does this have to do with food? Vegetarianism? Nothing. Everything. Being surrounded by family and the people you love, celebrating life and family cycles, honoring love and vows - what’s a wedding if not a corporeal event to commemorate some of life’s finest ideals? I didn’t plan on starting my 3rd official month of vanesscipes by getting all philosophical on you, but how better to honor your own corpus than by taking the time to create, enjoy, and appreciate every morsel of food that enters your body? Bonus points if it’s fresh, healthy, vegetarian, and delicious. I’ll spare you the symbolism of the wedding feast and the toast to the happy couple (you know… fertility, abundance, renewal… yada yada), but seriously, it’s not a special occasion unless you’re scarfing something yummy and washing it down with something yummier. And, let’s not forget everyone’s favorite part of the celebration: mmmm, cake!
Froggie and Miss Mousey Take the Cake
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August 31st, 2006 22:00
Vanessa,
These are fantastic pics and I love your commentary too. I’m telling several friends about your website. Old friend Gilbert who’s almost a vegetarian will enjoy it as much as we do. It was wonderful seeing more of you than we ever have before. I hope that continues in the coming years.
Bonnie and Sayre
September 1st, 2006 10:48
Thanks Bonnie - it was wonderful to visit with you and Sayre as well, and long overdue for us to get know each other. Loved your frog and mousie wedding sonnet!
September 2nd, 2006 16:47
These are amazing masks/hats for the kids to wear! What a fun and special wedding this must have been. No one realizes how long it takes to make things from papier mache- My students make animal sculptures out of papier mache- so this is close to my heart…
You can see a pic of 2 of the sculptures here:
http://prettypennygirl.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_prettypennygirl_archive.html
look at the June first post…
November 28th, 2006 20:07
Wow!
First of all, Lew & I are so sorry to have missed such a special day.
Pics are great.
The masks are superb …. I am sharing the info with an friend of mine “an art teacher”
she will be fascinated.
Hope to see all of you in the future.
Lots of HUGS
Lew & Jan
December 1st, 2006 20:26
Thanks for stopping by Jan. Nice to hear from you!