DAFT PUNK Halloween Costume Reveal

On Halloween my neighbors finally found out why I’d been sanding and spray painting in my garage all summer! Voila! My ode to Daft Punk, (love you Thomas and Guy-Man) one of my favorite bands that sadly parted ways this year, but their legacy lives on. Not only their music, but their damn fine eye for design. I mean, seriously, forget dressing up as a sexy nurse or unicorn furry for Halloween, give me a slick French robot that’s about to drop the sickest beats you’ve ever heard. Showing zero skin never looked so good!

I’ll do another post on the actual process later. This photoshoot is the result of the incredibly talented photographer David Crossett and the super chill Younger Than Yesterday record store in Peoria, IL. We showed up unannounced and walked in, the clerk didn’t bat an eye that I was a robot and just said, yeah do what you gotta do. We had the place to ourselves and it did not disappoint. We both got excited as soon as the helmet caught the neon. These images just make me so happy!

Let’s get bedazzled.

I’m not a 6 ft tall Frenchman but I work with what I got.

“Search for Spock! I don’t have this one!”

“It’s good to exchange ideas and feelings and culture, whether it’s France or Japan. To exchange ideas or share music or art, can bring everyone many gifts, to travel, and then share everything we can to learn more about oneself and try to bring, maybe, peace.” —Daft Punk

Nothing says 90s music zine like a fisheye lens.

DIY Projects: Revisiting Resin

Back in my Blick days, I had to make some resin gems for an example project, but never really took it any further than that. So when I was given an Amazon gift card, I did what any sane COVID-era hermit would do, blow it on another hobby. I’d seen some cool and inspiring pieces on Pinterest and Instagram, which my brain interprets as “hey, I can do that!” I started with a sweet paperweight and some scrap jewelry chain.

I used Dr. Resin brand resin, which was the 16oz $14.99 kit from Amazon along with a $14.99 Silicone Casting Molds Set. I had some Pearl Ex powder and glitter in my cache of art supplies. Heated up my resin in a plastic bag in water in a mini crock pot. Make sure you wear gloves, have good ventilation, and mix in very small batches. A heat gun or lighter can help get rid of bubbles.

I’m gonna look so baller at the arcade tonight.

The giddy 80s child inside me was dancing around when I removed these pieces from the molds. They set in 24hrs and were fully cured in 72hrs. The little metal moons are from a nail art kit. Can’t wait to make these into earrings and other jewelry. OTHER TIPS: Stir the resin with the hardener for a full 7 minutes. Use scotch tape to get dust particles out of silicone molds. Don’t mix the powders in the molds just mix and pour from the silicone mixing cups. Also don’t scrape the the mixing cups, there’s a chance that some didn’t mix in the corners.