To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:06:54 +0000
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] woodcarving: carving facial features in what order?


Oh the gargoyle :-)

When I dropped you a line over the New Year I mentioned I was working on a gargoyle head...I had hopes of using it for a marionette when busking. 

Sometimes life offers you the chance to screw up spectacularly...I grabbed that chance with both hands!!! 

The original and mold are useless..I made a two part mold outside and everything was just too cold I think, anyway it's all unuseable.

You're right about using oils..they are so different to acrylics. My friend Ken Barnard used them on his marionettes and I was really impressed. 
I dabbled with some varnishes and oil finishes that were passed on to me by a violin restorer...very interesting!!!

Did you ask about Jelutong Mathieu??
Cheers Charles
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From: Mathieu René
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Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] woodcarving: carving facial features in what order?

Thanks for the wood dye tip, Charles.
Maybe I'll go for washes of acrylics instead, or try patience and use oil 
paint, like I think the Czechs use on their rod puppets. At least, that's 
what it looked like when I saw an exhibition of Petr Matasek's puppets and 
some of his set designs.

Ps:
My memory is usually *and sometimes annoyingly* vivid, but I don't see what 
you mean about a gargoyle?
 

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