SUPAD’OH Photo Shoot

Friday 23 October 2009 - Filed under Photography + University

Lars and I just finished our biggest and undeniably dumbest photo shoot yet. Lots and lots of flour, salt, oil and bi-carb soda, and lots and lots of time. Two studio sessions, six hours each, where the majority of the time was spent preparing and swearing, and maybe 30 minutes or so actually shooting the photos.

For this project, we spent ages experimenting with different play dough recipes, to find one that had the properties that we were after. We ended up creating our own, which we named SUPAD’OH (the recipe is after the jump.)

We now have four hundred photos to work through, which will end up in a series of five or six large format posters for an animation festival.

Massive thanks to Courtney Awesome for hair and makeup, and Chris Stonestreet for helping out in the studio when he should be focusing on his own deadlines.

Check back one of these days to see the finished images!

SUPAD’OH Recipe

Ingredients:
4 cups of flour
1 cup of hot water
1/2 cup baking oil
1/8 cup of salt
1/8 cup of baking soda
1/8 cup of baking powder
5ml/1tsp colouring

Mix one cup of flour and the baking powder in a bowl.

Dissolve salt and colouring in the hot water, and add bi-carb soda and oil.

Add the wet mix to the flour, mix well, and add the remaining flour one cup at a time. By the third cup, it’s time to get your hands in there. Add the last one slowly—you might not need all of it.

2009-10-23  »  Asgeir