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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:14:43 +0000
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] woodcarving: carving facial features in what order?


Morning Mathieu :-)

Regards using wood stain on wooden puppets...I have tried this and found that under strong lighting the staining was 'washed out' by the bright light. 
One thing I have used on wood is the dye that some wood turners use to colour the fruit they make. 

A local turner let me dabble with some and the colours are worth the experiment if you have some spare change someday??

Ps...the gargoyle was a write off because the two part mold was poorly made, nobody to blame but me !?!

Cheers Charles
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From: Mathieu René
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Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] woodcarving: carving facial features in what order?

Someone mentionned to me, in person, that using something like plastic wood 
(or non toxic wood putties) for the eyelids would work. My main concern with 
that is the way the wood stain might be absorbed differently by the chosen 
compound than by real wood around it, making the seam between them less than 
elegant.
I do not want to really paint this puppet, I just want subtle stains to 
accentuate some areas.

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