Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 15:42:35 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Celastic


I'd be very interesting in hearing about anything as great as the 
original celastic (that is non-toxic and non explosive, of course). The 
masks and puppets I made using it 30 years ago are still around and 
completely useable and have been reworked and re used by three 
generations of performers.. I have seen nothing to beat its light 
weight, finishability, strength, weight bearing ability, flexibility, 
heat-cold resistance or water resistance. Any thermal plastics are 
useless in the temperature of a van during a hot summer in WI. There 
are some wonder materials, but it is too bad the old celastic was not 
replaces by a new improved product that was also safe.

If you have the research/engineering staff/money/fabrication capacity 
of Michael Curry there are probably more options.

mjm

On May 24, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Gregory Ballora wrote:
> Hey y'all
> I keep hearing that they don't make celastic anymore,
> and I think that is not quite true. I called up
> Saderma Leather today; they are a wholesale cobblery
> here in LA. They said they do still carry it, but it
> isn't as good as it used to be. Well I have heard that
> story for years, but I have also used the Bad Celastic
> for masks, bases to heads, etc. I found it very
> usefull, so long as you understand its limits, and
> deal with it safely. I understand that there are other
> orthopedic uses for the stuff also, so I think it is
> still out there. Folks are just still pining for the
> old celastic, kind of like pining for the old formula
> plastic wood.
>
> Adapt and Survive I say
>
> Greg
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