Yellow Pig Day
Yellow Pig Day was a collaborative art project celebrating the United States’ wide array of bizarre national holidays. Each day was randomly assigned to an artist, who created whatever they wanted based on that theme—a painting, drawing, photo, sculpture, animation, movie, anything at all! Whatever the end result, it was posted and shared for all to enjoy.
I created Yellow Pig Day and was also a contributing artist. Here you’ll find a selection of the work I made for the site.”
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ROLE
Creator
Contributing artist
Play-Doh Day
I love the smell of Play-Doh. In honor of Play-Doh Day, I created miniature sculptures of other things that smell just as good.
Look Up in the Sky Day
I’m endlessly curious about photos from my past, and I’ve always yearned to bring them to life. Look Up in the Sky Day gave me the opportunity to do just that—reliving a moment on the beach with my grandfather, feeding bread scraps to seagulls.
Gummi Worm Day
Everyone knows the early bird gets the [gummi] worm. In this piece, I used melted gummi worms to create the illusion of stain glass. I’m happy with how it turned out but, boy, was it a mess!
Do Something Nice Day
At Rosa’s Fresh Pizza in Center City Philadelphia, customers can spend an extra dollar on their order and place a Post-it note on the wall. That note can then be redeemed by someone experiencing homelessness for a free slice of pizza. For Do Something Nice Day, I created a custom pizza font and printed the letters as stickers. I then bought 18 Post-it notes to add to the wall in honor of the holiday.
Mole Day
Admittedly one of my stranger pieces of Yellow Pig Day art, I started with an empty pinata shell to create a felt-covered mole and deconstructed it on camera. Playing it in reverse shows the story of this weird little mole coming to life.
Salami Day
I returned to my favorite medium to create this miniature Play-Doh charcuterie tray for Salami Day.
