From: "Tina Farmilo" <CFAR-AT-gulfislands.com> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:10:21 -0700 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] =?iso-8859-1?q?papier_m=E2che_tips?= Hi all - great to read everyone's different ways of using the old standard papier m=E2che. Also really appreciated the flurry of recent warnings vis a vis toxic material use. Mathieu, I'm glad you're returning to your "safety first" methods! Re Alan Cook's comments -- "to help kids keep track of how many layers, we alternated with two colors of decorator paper towels ..." I add food colouring to half the paste mix and keep track of alternate paper layers by alternating between coloured & plain paste. Also no-one has mentioned tearing the paper into strips to keep the edges fibrous, and also =93cooking=94 your paper beforehand to soften the fibres. Over the years this is how I've built many giant puppet heads - makes the bond between layers very sturdy. And you can sand it when it dries too. Cheers, Tina _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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