Art Objects

photo credit and model: Colleen Toole

"Maker of Dreams" by Oiliphant Down, photo credit and directed by Colleen Toole, costume design and construction by Barbara Begley

"Shrimp" Fascinator

Tissue paper, tulle, pipe cleaners and hand-dyed loofah on cardboard and fabric base. Made for 2010 NYU production of Oiliphant Down's Maker of Dreams, directed by Colleen Slats Toole. Photos by Colleen Slats Toole.

Bernard the Kazoo Alien

Mixed media built around a functioning kazoo, designed and built by Barbara Begley and Shakhed Hadaya for original piece AlienWomynLadyBalloonist at Undiscovered Countries, January 2016. Photos by Barbara Begley, Shakhed Hadaya and Liz Rogers.

Bernard in action (as a kazoo) with AlienWomynLadyBalloonist, Undiscovered Countries January 2016

Cocktail Cocktail Hats

Mixed media party hats, made by commission for Elizabeth Erskine. Modeled by Barbara Begley and Chloe Erskine. New Years Eve, 2010. Photos by Denise Meehan.

Photo credit Denise Meehan, model Barbara Begley

Photo credit Denise Meehan, models Barbara Begley and Chloe Erskine

Photo credit Denise Meehan, model Chloe Erskine

Glam Raptor Masks

(and Triceratops Headdress)

Mixed media hats and headdresses, made for Undiscovered Countries piece in Fresh Ground Pepper's EPIC, Jurassic Park, 2012. Photos by Bailey Carr and Barbara Begley