From: =?Windows-1252?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:34:59 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Foam Patternmaking advice?



Thanks to Andrew, Bill, Joe and Kurt, for their advice!

Thanks Kurt, I hope Greg reads this soon.




Mathieu René Créaturiste
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kurt and Kathy Hunter" <HunterMarionettes-AT-earthlink.net>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Foam Patternmaking advice?


> In the last issue of the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry's newsletter, 
> Puppet
> Life, there was a great article by Greg Ballora on how to make a sphere 
> out
> of foam.  He did an excellent job of stepping through how to make the
> pattern.  His technique is built on geometry, so it is very accurate, but
> you don't need to be comfortable with geometry to follow his directions.
> Greg is frequently on this list, so he may be able to follow up with
> details.
>
> Kurt
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mathieu René" <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>
> To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 3:33 PM
> Subject: [Puptcrit] Foam Patternmaking advice?
>
>
> Hi all.
>
> I am still very new at patternmaking for foam rubber puppets, so I wasn't
> able to make a
> very spherical shape yet. I did achieve wonderful other shapes (more
> complex, strangely enough), and I'm using them on the puppets, but the
> sphere is yet to be achieved.
> The wonderful other shapes are a spider's abdomen, a fat pill shape, and a
> strange faceted ball that was almost round.
>
> Can somebody tell me the mathematical formula to calculate the proper 
> height
> and width of a rounded diamond wedge that will make up the sphere, 
> depending
> on how many wedges I plan to include? I know it exists, I read it 
> someplace
> years ago, perhaps even here on Puptcrit.
>
> Even If a formula cannot be found, can someone send me a picture of the
> single wedge, and tell me how many of it it takes to make that sphere?
> I figure I can enlarge or reduce at will...
>
> I'm dreaming of a basic patternbook for basic shapes like these:
> -sphere
> -pear/lightbulb
> -peanut in the shell
> -trumpet
>
> I can't get The Foam Book right now, money is more than tight. but it's in
> the plans (The DVD is tempting)
>
> Thanks a lot for any help!
>
>
>
>
> Mathieu René Créaturiste
> Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
> Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
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> www.creaturiste.blogspot.com
> www.maskmaking.blogspot.com
> creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
> (514) 274-8027
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