Dr. Jennifer Letitia has a background as a hand surgeon and plastic and reconstructive surgeon, and presently consults with Miami-based Genetic Networks, Inc. Respected in her professional community, Dr. Jennifer Letitia presented at TED in Long Beach, California and then again at TEDxWoodsHole on "Reconstructing Creativity.”
In the talk, Dr. Letitia spoke about leaving her medical practice and shifting to the business and publishing world. This left a creative side of her unfulfilled and she began making costumes for her children in ways that put her reconstructive and plastic surgery skills to use.
As a first project, she applied felt to foam sheeting in making a candy corn Halloween costume for her daughter. This was similar to the way in which skin is harvested and reapplied in different parts of the body through skin grafting. Just as in the clinical office, she required specialized equipment to attach clothing, with Gorilla Glue the preferred material for adhering synthetic bones to a skeleton Halloween costume.
In a similar way to which staples are used in facelifts and knee reconstructions, staples, Gorilla Glue, and duct tape provided the perfect material for creating from a cardboard box a car Halloween costume that would keep its form and stay red and convertible. Structural support is another key aspect in both disciplines, with a costume of the Zoltar fortune telling machine requiring a functioning booth that had flashing lights and allowed money to go in and fortunes to come out.
In the talk, Dr. Letitia spoke about leaving her medical practice and shifting to the business and publishing world. This left a creative side of her unfulfilled and she began making costumes for her children in ways that put her reconstructive and plastic surgery skills to use.
As a first project, she applied felt to foam sheeting in making a candy corn Halloween costume for her daughter. This was similar to the way in which skin is harvested and reapplied in different parts of the body through skin grafting. Just as in the clinical office, she required specialized equipment to attach clothing, with Gorilla Glue the preferred material for adhering synthetic bones to a skeleton Halloween costume.
In a similar way to which staples are used in facelifts and knee reconstructions, staples, Gorilla Glue, and duct tape provided the perfect material for creating from a cardboard box a car Halloween costume that would keep its form and stay red and convertible. Structural support is another key aspect in both disciplines, with a costume of the Zoltar fortune telling machine requiring a functioning booth that had flashing lights and allowed money to go in and fortunes to come out.
