File puptcrit/puptcrit.0810, message 168


From: Michael Moynihan <mmoynihan-AT-wi.rr.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:03:45 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] "Paper" Casting for puppetmaking


Excellent links!
Great Artist!
Wonderful how to process descriptions!
Thank you so for sharing this.
- m

On Oct 10, 2008, at 12:24 PM, Mathieu René wrote:

> A colleague from Vermont shares her techniques for casting "paper"  
> mache
> masks.
> I've visited her studio and examined the masks. I am very impressed  
> with the
> smoothness and detail level she is able to achieve. She keeps on
> experimenting, and it's always getting better! Her current process  
> is not so
> complex, but takes its own time and attention to detail.
>
> Eventually, I would like to switch to rubber molds too, to be rid of  
> the
> risk of chipping plaster details away from the mold when pulling out  
> a paper
> cast (of any type).
>
> She uses polyurethane rubber multi-parts molds. Her "paper" mache is a
> series of layers of various materials, paper being only one of them
> (Paperclay, Polyfilla+Weldbond, paper, paperclay, Weldbond).
>
>
> First, the design process:
> http://sanssoucistudios.com/sculpting.htm
>
> and then, the casting:
> http://sanssoucistudios.com/casting.htm
>
> Check out her blog and her Etsy store:
> http://sanssoucistudios.blogspot.com
>
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