Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:50:59 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Tips: Hot glue carvings


John Farrell of Figures of Speech makes hands out of hot glue sticks.
He uses a torch but he doesn't overheat and burn the sticks. He first
creates the fingers one stick at a time shaping them and then he
leaves some stick below each finger to fuse together into the hand.
They are flexible and sturdy.

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> wrote:
> Last week, I made smooth teeth out of hot glue sticks.
>
> I just carved the end of a stick with a craft knife, then rotated the stick
> above my heat gun, removed while keeping the rotation, then quickly dipped
> in cold water. Very smooth teeth, no tool mark!
> If not dipped too long, the teeth can be squished a little before it cools,
> to alter the shape.
> The cooled teeth can be cut off the stick, and glued with more hot glue. Or
> you can leave some extra stick material to serve as root to implant into
> your structure.
>
>
> I carved some claws in a similar way for a demon puppet last fall, but I
> didn't heat-smooth them, not remembering it could be done (from the year I
> used hot glue without a gun, using candles).
> Still, I liked the tool marks on the claws, made them more gritty and
> disgusting!
>
>
> Hey Hobey, could you please repeat the info you just gave on Puppethub about
> the hot glue stick hands!
>
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