File puptcrit/puptcrit.0812, message 532


Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:50:20 -0500
From: "Hobey Ford" <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] paper mache travelling


Yeah, but its not my peepers and its good free advertisement.  Is the ad funny?

On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hobey, have you seen the latest Geico commercials? They are using something
> that looks very much like your Peepers.....
>
> Mary H.
>
>
> On 12/24/08 9:35 AM, "Hobey Ford" <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My guess is that they don't want sealed items like a pinata that has
>> stuff in it. but who knows.  I agree just say its sculpture and you
>> think its plastic.  I alway check my puppets in my baggage.  Usually
>> they see my gear and ask what it is and i say a puppet show and they
>> ease up and are genuinely curious and often give me a break on
>> oversize or additional.  If I have a festival badge from a gig I' ll
>> wear it.  Here is the thing to be aware of, Don't use oil paints,
>> spray paints or flammable glue or super glue leading up to a trip. the
>> off gassing will trip the chemical test and then your in for some
>> possible hassle.  I always watch those things when I know I have to
>> take my show on a plane.  They are always pretty good about not losing
>> my gear.  I have all my boxes the same off color so they are an
>> obvious set.  Once I got to oversize baggage and there were Phillip
>> Huber's boxes and he was not far behind.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> wrote:
>>> Hi Alexander,
>>>
>>> I have built puppets for a few companies, some tour internationaly, and I
>>> never heard about this as a problem.
>>>
>>> The text you mentionned is subject to interpretation, especially in view of
>>> the two items mentionned:
>>>> papier maché statues/pi=F1atas
>>>  those are usually tourist bought items, not profesionnal tools of a
>>> performing trade.
>>>
>>> -they don't mention puppets.
>>>
>>> -a lot of puppeteers travel by plane, and I'm guessing most of them  have
>>> puppets made of various materials, which I'm sure they don't list
>>> individually.
>>>
>>> -The puppets I made you don't look like paper mache (more like latex,
>>> somehow).
>>> -Pro paper mache puppets will often look like wood (which logically, should
>>> be more problematic because of insects, but no mention of it on the list)
>>>
>>> -As you said, if you don't mention it, there won't be a problem, as long as
>>> you are indeed not carrying anything illegal or truly dangerous. We have to
>>> realize the rules have been made, on paper, much more severe than necessary.
>>> A safety data sheet for every oil paint tube one carries? Come on! That's
>>> ridiculous! and that bit about forbidding ready-to-eat meals, even in
>>> checked luggage, is probably just a commercial plot to force us to buy the
>>> airline food!
>>>
>>> -I've come to understand this principle about borders while traveling by
>>> bus: The less you say, the less trouble you're in.  Just once I mentionned I
>>> was a puppeteer. I had twice the amount of questions as usual, and twice the
>>> amount of questions as anyone else on that bus. Now, when they ask what I do
>>> for a living, I say I'm a theatrical prop maker. Somehow, that doesn't set
>>> them off?!
>>>
>>> -Airline employees are people too. Even security. They are able to
>>> interpret, and show flexibility within some limits, althought that bit is
>>> not guaranteed. Once, I boldly brought an authentic farming Scythe handle
>>> accross the border, from the USA to Canada. I'm pretty sure the USA wouldn't
>>> have let me bring it the other way around, even though I had no blade on the
>>> thing. The border agent was a bit surprised and wondering what I found
>>> interesting about a scythe without a blade. "City folks", he said.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Alexander Winfield" <sheepwpunks-AT-gmail.com>
>>> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 2:11 AM
>>> Subject: [Puptcrit] paper mache travelling
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>>  Was just having a look at the Air Canada website and I noticed that,
>>> technically speaking, they do not allow any object made from paper mache on
>>> an airline, but it in carry on luggage or in check in.
>>>   http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelinfo/airport/baggage/security.html
>>>   (it is mentioned in the large yellow list at the bottom of the page under
>>> flammable objects)
>>>   I have several puppets made of paper mache (and more in the progress of
>>> creation) and as it so happens I've already traveled around Europe with
>>> them, taking at least one air canada flight and receiving no objections
>>> about taking these puppets with me (though at the time I never thought to
>>> mention it). I am curious if anyone has ever had any trouble with security
>>> at airports in regards to transporting puppets - is there a 'special magic
>>> form' one may have signed by authorative persons to allow us to transport
>>> puppets of such material legally (ie. just in case they do check the
>>> luggage). At the moment, having no time, I'm going with a policy of keeping
>>> my trap shut and hoping for the best.
>>>
>>> yrs.
>>>
>>> Alexander
>>> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.instructables.com/id/Drill-Press-Lathe/
>>>>
>>>> I have a press drill, and I kept the head of an old drill.
>>>> Maybe I'll make one of those!
>>>>
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