Me, making a pasta pot - photo by my papa, Joey Pipia
It’s January second, and I spent today in part figuring out how to instantly (magically) turn a handful of dry pasta into one single long strand of cooked pasta. Sometimes I wish that creating these strange little effects was as simple as they appear onstage, but I know that I would lose the satisfaction that comes from the process; the chase, the diagrams, the pitfalls and little moments of wonder that come from building something from scratch.
Here’s the current state of my pasta-transformation to-do list:
Watch old vids
Read/study diagram and books from dad
Order medical tubing
Buy spaghetti
Hardware store - flat copper
Find screw driver in correct size
Remove handles from pasta pot
Exchange pasta pot
Find big lid [important!!]. Where?? May need to build
Take handles off of pasta pot
Dish/tray for internal bit - thrift store
Contact Steve - re: cutting copper
Meet Steve (Friday?). Pot and lid needs to be ready
Support piece for inside pot - find/experiment (clear plastic tubing? Or mashable clay stuff for in a bathtub?)
Attach flat copper to lid
Test inner workings
It’s a funny feeling going from a fully baked show back to the drawing board, and I’m loving the sensation of everything I touch being new, and of course, entirely uncooked. I hope whatever it is that you are working on is bringing you a sparkle of this same kind of joy.
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