January 2012
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epiphany / bakery revamp
Charlavail’s Traveling Confectionery
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Where do you live?
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And like Peter walking on water or Wile E. Coyote running off a cliff, if you...
– The Brothers Bloom
Sometimes I just want to do the bakery as an art installation at a gallery.
Production of 1,000 Day of the Dead inspired hair clips. This is a small fraction of the process. Set at 15 seconds between shots then 15 frames per second, which comes out to over 19 hours. There are about 500 skulls shown here. Not shown is the kneading of the polymer clay, weighing it out, molding it, baking it, glazing the final product, wrapping, packaging, labeling and shipping. The whole...
Charlavail Interview Bonus Content.
wonderstruck-wanderlust:
This is the bonus content from the email interview I did with Charlavail (charlavail.tumblr.com) back in early December 2010.
-Kimberly Hoyos (wonderstruck-wanderlust.tumblr.com / @kimberlymhoyos)
full name/origin/preferred name: Charla Vail Effron. Charla is a family name and Vail comes from where I was conceived. A little personal but too comical not to share. I...
December 2011
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January to-do list
Aprons, sugar skulls, deer topiary, pastry terminology lightboxes.
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I'm currently at the Macy's windows and I'm...
wonderstruck-wanderlust:
that one day, Charlavail should have her creations brought to life in this manner. Her art is so beautiful and she already loves the prospect of designing sets so it makes sense. I’m standing here with my hands frozen in striped fingerless gloves, with my hair gathered up and clipped with a sugar skull, but I can’t help but believe. Truly, truly believe that this young...
things heather finds cute
littledip:
vail and or/charlavail
omelets
mochi ice cream
bralets
getting the mail in your pjs
drooling while sleeping
^not pools of drool
blind couples maneuvering in NY side by side
pink noses
butterfly kisses
matthew gray gubler
sneezing
shar peis
the spawn of tim burton/bohnam carter
sam desantis’ laugh
but most of all
me on steroids