Thursday, November 26, 2020

Birthday Pageant Reference

To gather the reference for "Birthday Pageant," I hired a costume maker to sew the dresses, arranged silk flowers in basket bouquets, and made paper and cloth flags. 

Photo for LIFE Magazine by Tobey Sanford

I recruited my wife, my sons, and some neighborhood girls, and we staged a procession in the backyard, with a borrowed foam dinosaur built by a guy at the hardware store. 

Birthday Pageant print is now available in our webstore.

3 comments:

  1. A PDF book about Dinotopia making-off would be great.
    Photos of Jeanette, the boys, and neighbors besides lots of sketches and paintings.
    Beautiful memories.
    Thank You.

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  2. The happiness in being given roles in this pageant/procession is so evident on the faces of the models. I’m guessing it’s a treasured childhood memory for the youngest. So, on Thanksgiving, thanks for these images of cheer...

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  3. That is precious! Imagine if everyone in the country staged an event like that (before pandemic). Our world would be a better place.

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