File puptcrit/puptcrit.0602, message 135


From: =?Windows-1252?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:48:21 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Albrecht Roser website and question


Thank you Kurt!

The pics I have found  were small and  in black and white, and it was kind 
of hard trying to guess at the colors and materials.

Now I already have a few ideas on how the puppet is built. Thanks a lot!

Thanks Fred for your detailed answer. It's always great to hear about 
processes I rarely hear about.
The foam expanding without being stopped is a good tip to avoid catastrophe.

I have met Petr Matasek from Tzech Republic, who makes a lot of his puppets 
with basswood/Linden. since I saw his work at the exhibition, I've wanted to 
try carving in that type of wood.
Unfortunately, I'll have to go to a special wood store for professional 
craftsmen (arent' we?), because my local hardware stores do not carry 
basswood apparently, at least not in blocks of useable sizes (I will still 
have to glue, but not thin planks thanks very much). His students I also met 
said the shorter grain of the wood makes it easier to work with, easier to 
carve and shape with a knife, finish with rasps, files and sandpaper.


A mix of sawdust and glue and plaster can be quite strong.,
It does not have a very long open time to work with. Which would explain why 
I've never been able to do lots of details with it.

 I've done a few experiments direct sculpting with it.  My next attempts I 
will replace the plaster with Poly Filla, which is similar to plaster, but 
is called a cellulose compound, and acts like a slow-setting plaster. Takes 
much longer to dry, but not exceedingly so. I'm thinking there is still some 
gypsum in that stuff.
Works the same exact way, although I don't remember if it heats up...






Mathieu René Créaturiste
Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
www.creaturiste.com
creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
(514) 274-8027 

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