Waiting for the Musk Ox

False Teeth, step by step

This link came from an aquaintaince in Saskatchewan who seems to have figured me out pretty fast. Bizarre-R-Us. I haven't even written her yet to thank her profusely for providing info on how to make my own teeth even before I need them. Hopefully it will be awhile before I go through it- the crowns and caps that litter my mouth at this stage are holding up as long as I stick to porridge and gruel. (I remember my kids when they were toddlers asking me why I had 'rocks' in my mouth!) I had the silver taken out shortly afterwards and reverted back to porcelain.

But it's NOT just about teeth- I can also make fake scars out of gelatin, just like this guy- gross, eh? Looks like he got attacked by starfish.











Back to Ahhht. Today I went to the Norton Museum in Palm Beach. For some reason I hadn't been there all season and they had a few things I wanted to see before I leave for the season. First of all there was an exhibit of table settings put together by lots of PB socialites and decorators and it turned out to be fascinating. Some used their own stuff, others seemed to beg, borrow, and steal the elements to put together their themes. It was fun to see how they combined things, but more fun wondering how- or more to the point- WHY. It was more a show of tableaus.

Next there was the Matisse show that was focussed on a model he used named Lorette from his earlier period, right when he began to explore painting in a series. There weren't too many portraits in that show, and we still had time so I hiked into the Betye Saar exhibit. I LOVE assemblages! Go check the link to her web and click on the little stars and moons below her statement to see her work.

Now, to tie all this up, there was another exhibit- the museum had rallied some art teachers from the area to show the assemblage work to their kids so they would do a piece in response- and all these student works were hanging in the museum too. I was amazed at the sophistication of their works, covering altered books, assemblages in boxes, collage and about every imaginable combination of these things.

We had stopped for lunch at City Place and wandered into Pottery Barn to see what was on their clearance table and found tiny star shaped salt and pepper cellars on a wee plate marked down 75% to $4. How could I NOT get 'em? So I bought 2 sets. When I got them home one star was broken but it wouldn't be worth it to drive back for a replacement so I tried glueing it back together- afterall it is just to hold salt. But some of the chips were so small that I couldn't replace them well and the patch looked shoddy. So I had a brainstorm- I added MORE glue and dipped the edge in Kosher salt which hid the chips completely. I am a genius. If another one chips I will glue on pepper.