From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:43:37 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Paper and glue, etc.


I used coffee filters with great success before, and shall again, now that I 
know how to tear off the cut edges much faster (fold the coffee filter in 
two or four, and tear off the edge).
Coffee filters are very fibrous, and 6 layers of them with yellow 
carpenter's glue is sometimes "too strong" for certain applications.

The blue insulation foam I use is VERY fine in texture, meaning I can get 
cuts in it reminescent of short grain wood.
I can refine the surface with files or sandpaper. It's very easy and quick 
to glue in multiple thicknesses, using either contact cement, spray glue (3M 
Super77), or hot glue (only for small pieces, as hot glue is hard to carve 
and kills the sharpness of the craft blade...

I much prefer its texture to the porous cellular white stuff we get here 
(craft stores: eggs, spheres, cones, cubes or sheets). It is weak and easy 
to bump and dry-dusty to the feel. My hands hate it almost as much as the 
green cheap foam for floral arrangements. But I'll admit both would be VERY 
easy and quick to carve and bump into shape. I will give it another chance, 
despite my aversion for its surface feel, and the amount of fine dust it 
produces. It's all about the results!







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Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Paper and glue, etc.


>I like the idea of a layer of cheesecloth before adding paper.
> It certainly would add to the strength of the whole.
>
> Mathieu uses coffee filters (I think) to create a stronger result.
>
> I've used the beaded foam in theater for very large scenic pieces, but 
> find
> that for my marionette heads, the cellular allows me the detail I want. 
> With
> the beaded, I don't think I can get the sharp detail. But to each his own. 
> ;-)
>
> Thanks, Caro.
> Fred T.
>
>
>> I also use Styrofoam (beaded or cellular). I found that inserted armature
>> holds better in beaded Styrofoam. For strength I glue a first layer of 
>> cheese
>> cloth, followed by pieces of torn soaked in diluted glue newspaper. I 
>> wait a
>> few hours before the cheese cloth dries, then add the paper.
>>
>> Caro
>>
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>>
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