From: Cary Tracy Pugh <natasha-AT-frostbitefalls.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 08:05:28 -0700
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Plaster Bandages


Paper maché over plaster bandanges work great. Not lightweight but  
very sturdy. The glue soaks right into the plaster making a really  
nice, tight bond.

I buy mine in bulk from Douglas & Sturgess (artstuf.com) They are not  
medical quality but they are cheap and work great. They sell a 5 pound  
bag for $16 MUCH cheaper than the ones they sell in craft  stores.

-Cary






On Oct 1, 2008, at 4:54 AM, Hobey Ford wrote:

> When I was a kid and saw Planet of the Apes, I desperately wanted to  
> make a
> ape mask with a moving mouth.  I used aluminum foil and pockets of  
> toilet
> paper to build out areasthen more foil.  Then I covered it with  
> first aid
> tape, which I colored with markers.  Then I borrowed my mother's fur  
> hat.  I
> made several of them so my friends could play planet of the apes  
> with me.
> At the time I thought they looked perfect.  I used the technique  
> with a
> dance company who had no budget for masks, but were friends.  We used
> masking tape and foil then gessoed them.  They then stuck to black  
> and with
> coloration.  They each made their own and I finessed them a bit.  They
> worked beautifully and are still intact after the run of their  
> production.
>
> I would love to get the medical  thermal mesh they use for arm and leg
> casts.  I have used the craft store plaster bandage stuff in teacher
> workshops and it is definitely not durable.  I bet though a few  
> layers of
> paper mache would work wonders as a sealing coat inside and out.
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