Too Busy to Be Anxious

from Art Department Weekly | Issue 102 Vol. 12

by Art Department Weekly

Process Photos

Distraction was the name of the game around the election. Focusing on kid stuff made it more fun.

**Heavy cream goes into a mason jar**
Madeline Vega

Oct. 23 - Betty makes butter in class by shaking cream in a jar until it turned solid. It was kind of magical.

**Shake shake shake. Then shake some more.**
Madeline Vega

**When it turns into a solid glob, you know you're done.**
Madeline Vega

**Betty liked it better on bread than off the spatula.**
Madeline Vega

Oct. 29 - Madeline took bulletin board material and an old dress shirt and turned them into a Patriot coat for Kal’s Halloween costume. Almost a month later, he found out he was named one of the best costumes in his class.

**Step 1 - Cat helps decide on shape for shell**
Madeline Vega

**Step 2 - Cat encourages attempt to add lining**
Madeline Vega

**Step 3 - Kal tries on the coat**
Madeline Vega

**Step 4 - Kal wears his one-day costume**
Madeline Strum Photography

Oct. 30 - Betty needed pink hair to complete her costume before school. Realizing she could not wait for Halloween to do a shoot, Madeline popped up a studio and did a shoot before school started that Friday.