To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 22:11:00 +1000
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Make your own detail loop tols.


Hey Mathieu,
Take a trip down to the local pottery supply place and have a look at the 
huge collection of variations on the loop tool, I tend to rely on my home 
made double ended loop tool One end is a rounded loop the other a square 
loop, and a piece of thin flat aluminium more than my $120.00 set of 
Scataglio modelling tools! If the loop is too wide I just squash it skinnier 
or pull it wider! Good stuff...PS I just use copper wire from an electrical 
lead cut off of a dead glue gun! ;-)...OK so its actually a short piece cut 
from a 35 amp three phase electrical lead but the theory is the same.

D.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mathieu René" <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 7:34 PM
Subject: [Puptcrit] Make your own detail loop tols.


Hi all.
I just finished my first completely satisfying set of puppets 3D sketches 
for the movie project.
They look great.
Pics coming soon.

I just have to share this trick I tried today.
Yesterday during my online searches, I went to a site that advertised 
handmade precision sculpting tools for clays and similar modeling compounds.
I saw quite a few tools, but two really jumped at me. A mini loop tool, and 
a detail bent needle.
A loop tool is ideal to use to cut grooves and holes into clay, without 
displacing the material.
A wooden shaping tool pushes the material aside, which is another kind of 
necessary action.
I could sculpt my entire life with only a loop tool, a shaping tool, and an 
X-ACto knife.
A loop toool is also great to remove extra matter, and to smooth the final 
work before finishing with something like a rag.


They mentionned that they made their loop tools from memory wire.
So today, at the craft store, I noticed they had the memory wire in the 
jewerly making section (for necklaces).
I got some, and back home, I bent a short piece in half and over itself, 
until I had the size of loop I needed (very small), put it in a vise, and 
used pliers to twist the ends around themselves, closing the loop and 
creating a stem.
I pierced a hardwood dowel on one end, and inserted the wire in it. The hole 
was so tight I did not need to glue it.
 I will anyway, but for now I did not feel like using epoxy at night with 
all the windows closed.
It's cold these days!.
Weather's all screwed up.

What is not screwed up is the loop tool. Absolutely mind boggingly useful!

On the other end of the handle I made, I added a piece of memory wire with 
the end bent at a 45 degree angle.
Great to do scratching effects, or to draw burr-free lines (dragging 
backwards), or detailing some depths even more, or cutting away some sharp 
edges.

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