Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:43:29 -0400
From: Liz Evans <liz-AT-etherboy.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Ergonomy in puppets is not standard..


Hi Steve,

Sure.  Steel boning is used for making hoop skirts, corsets, and
very large light weight whales.

The product comes in 25 feet rolls and generally runs about $11 to $13 
per roll. You can get it with a plastic casement (we didn't like these)
or a Buckram casement. Two thin strips of Steel boning with about 3/16th
of an inch spaced between and wrapped in Buckram.  You do have to have a
good wire cutting tool to work with it, but we have found it to be 
really a great asset in our studio for building large items, for 
flexible necks in Table top Rods, well, the list goes on.

We purchase from Greenberg & Hammer in New York, but if you are not on 
the East Coast look for your closest Costume materials supply house.  I
don't think I have ever seen it a small fabric store, but a couple 
Findings store on our "Fabric Row" in town carry it, but it is much more
expensive.

We use Jean rivets by Dritz to connect cross pieces with a pair of 
locking blunt nosed pliers. Once we have the frame work, we cover with
Aerated foam (Also known as Reticulated(sp) foam), if it is a costume to
be worn, or with basic polysheet foam (thickness determined by the 
project)to cover, then Fabric.

Dritz Jean rivets will seem a bit expensive when you first start this
process, but we found that the cheaper ones are exactly that, you get
a ton of waste with them breaking instead of joining. Dritz comes in
packets of 25 pairs, and it is unusual to loose more than one if that
from a packet.

Please feel to contact directly if you require more information.

Best,
Liz
K. Elizabeth Evans, President & Artistic Director
Renaissance Artist Puppet Company
http://www.RenArtPuppetCo.com
610-630-4259
Company performing -AT-
The Montgomery County Cultural Center
208 DeKalb Street, Norristown, PA

Renaissance Artist Puppet Company's
mission is to promote excellence in puppetry as a
Theatrical art form and as an Educational tool by incorporating
historical and cultural diversity along with quality performance
techniques to tell our stories.
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