File puptcrit/puptcrit.0805, message 29


From: "Mark S. Segal" <segalpuppets-AT-comcast.net>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 10:41:18 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Non molding paper mache & Rod Puppet Length


What is water glass?
Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Menke" <jim99jr-AT-gmail.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Non molding paper mache & Rod Puppet Length


> Don't know if anyone has tried this, but in an OLD Puppetry Journal, 
> Vivian
> Michael and Olga Stevens said to use water glass as the binding agent with
> paper mache. They claimed that it made a harder finished puppet.
>
> On 5/4/08, Richard Johnson <djdick-AT-georgiasouthern.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Slightly less toxic than arsenic, I was taught (many years ago) to use a
>> dollop of formaldehyde.
>>
>> Richard B. Johnson, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Actor, Director,
>> Puppeteer, Playwright, Teacher,Writer, Thingmaker, Mormon, Person,
>> Fool.  I
>> sometimes think that the last persona is the most important- and most
>> valuable.
>> Http://www.PuppenRich.com
>> Http://three-score-and-ten-ormore.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: puptcrit-bounces-AT-puptcrit.org 
>> [mailto:puptcrit-bounces-AT-puptcrit.org]
>> On Behalf Of jon green
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:07 PM
>> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
>> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Non molding paper mache & Rod Puppet Length
>>
>>
>> The traditional 19th century solution was to add arsenic.
>>
>> My old puppetry books suggest adding salt to retard mold and
>> spoilage.  Probably easier and cheaper than arsenic.  Another
>> suggestion from the past was to varnish or shellac both the inside
>> and outside of the casting.
>>
>> As mentioned previously, none of this will do a damn bit of good if
>> the piece is not absolutely bone dry.
>>
>> Jon
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