The way we came up with the free Halloween costume idea was my partner at work. She was talking to someone about the painting “American Gothic”. She then started thinking that it would make a killer costume if it were done correctly. We spent a week planning out the boxes and how we were going … Read more
As I was trying to come up with costume ideas, I thought about how everyone wants to see the Mona Lisa in far away France. Why not give everyone here an opportunity?! My friend works at a museum and so she got me a box that they use to ship large paintings. I cut the … Read more
We love the painting by Grant Wood, American Gothic, so we did our own little version of a Homemade American Gothic Painting Costume. Found some farmer clothes, made a old house and added a pitchfork and viola.
I chose to do American Gothic because this has been one of my favorite paintings since childhood; this was also my first try at being two characters at once. I created the image on a large format printer and mounted it on foam core, using packaging tape. I then printed a second version out and, … Read more