Our Daily Breather is a series where we ask artists to recommend one thing that's helping them get through these days of isolation. For Fayette Hauser, that thing is craft nights with friends on Zoom.
. The project of the day was to embellish our protective masks to present a very festive public face. Why be boring when you can decorate? But when I caught a glimpse of Aline's large darning needle held aloft, I said,"Stop! You can't penetrate the mask with a needle. These little buggers are microscopic, the mask won't protect you then."
Out came the tacky glue. The masks that emerged are hilarious. Aline had some googlie eyes to go with a mustache and a bit of hair at the top and a sequin third eye in the center. Shannon's mask was becoming cubist, with bits that seemed to move. And I used my black sequin zig-zag trim to create an Art Deco gentleman, also with mustache. I think we preferred presenting a crazed gentlemanly air to the public.
In the meantime, I'll be looking over my drag to see what I'll be wearing when I do my next big Zoom event. Drag is everything you know, wherever you may present yourself. We may have to have another Zoom Sewing Bee. Fayette Hauser is an artist and co-founder of the avant-garde experimental theater troupe The Cockettes. She recently published a book about the group called
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