Skewed North by Jolene Dames

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Making Things Look Like They’ve Always Been There

What it takes to build a world for the camera—and watch it disappear 24 hours later.

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Jolene Dames
May 24, 2026
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As the charge scenic painter on the Netflix series The Chair, I got to use my entire toolkit.

And I mean everything.

Stained glass. Spray work. Aging. Faux concrete. Sign painting. Vinyls. Wood grainin…

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