Out of the box
POSTED: Thursday, October 30, 2008
Box of junk plus creative fingers equals ... a Halloween costume! And for almost zero dollars.
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Tomorrow being Halloween, and given the universal tendency to procrastinate, we figured many people could use some cheap, instant ideas for dressing up.
Recruited to do the thinking were artist Jodi Endicott and graphic designer Alan Low. We gave each a box of stray items and an hour to make a costume.
What was in the box: a garbage bag, duct tape, orange-juice cartons, egg cartons, yarn, paper bags, paper plates, an odd length of floral fabric, foil, a plastic tablecloth, fake flowers, spray paint, holiday tinsel, old newspapers and a few other random items. They also had access to a stapler, scissors and a box cutter.
Here are the results. And although their fingers might be somewhat more nimble than yours—be inspired.
Jodi Endicott
The designer: Endicott said she's been an artist “;since I was born.”; Her work has shown in many group and solo shows in Hawaii and was exhibited last year at the prestigious Ferrin Gallery in Massachusetts. She was co-owner of the Balcony Gallery in Kailua, which closed earlier this year.
The costume: A “;Thriller”; dancer, decked out in trash bag dress and glove—“;It's Trash Bags R Us.”; Completing the ensemble were spray-painted egg carton shoulder pads, a Halloween boa made of tinsel, and spray-painted aluminum foil horns attached to a paper-plate base with garbage ties and secured to her model's head with strips of garbage bag. She also used a glue gun, and grease pencil for makeup.
Alan Low
The designer: Low is a graphic designer—you've seen his logos all over town.
The costume: Low looked into our box of trash and saw ... a horse. The key piece turned out to be the orange-juice carton, “;the only piece of stuff that had any structure,”; said Low. “;Everything else came off of that. It already looked kind of like a head!”;
He trimmed it in half and used it as the base, attaching crumpled brown paper. The eyes were egg carton cells; eyelashes, curled pieces of egg carton; the ears, rolled paper plates; the mane was yarn; the cloak was a plastic tablecloth held in place with a twisted cloth belt. The hooves were half-circles of corrugated cardboard, completely covering the hands.
