Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 21:57:55 -0700
To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org
From: Steve Axtell <steve-AT-axtell.com>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Latex Foam Puppet Molds


The molds will need to take heat for the baking process...so you need to
use Ultracal 30 or other stone mixes, not plaster.  The core is made after
you cast your mother mold.  Lay into the negative areas of the outter mold,
a thickness of clay which is equal to the thickness of your desired foam
latex casting.  Once the clay is laid into each half (or more pieces)...
put them together and blend the seams.  Next cast your core into the mother
(case) mold...creating the core.

The core will need a neck support, in order to suspend it correctly inside
the case mold.

  To remove, open the mother (case) remove the core, remove the clay and
create some injection holes.  You'll need to inject the foam latex (once
mixed) into the mold...or you can lay in the foam latex and captivate it
between the spaces.

Ax


At 02:35 PM 7/16/2005, you wrote:
>Hi guys, is there a good resource for information on building a mold for
>a latex foam puppet based on a sculpture?  I've been reading the
>resources on how to work with the actual latex foam, but I haven't found
>any on how to make the mold itself from the clay sculpture nor the core
>for the hollow.
>
>Any help would be extremely appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>Paul
>
>
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