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From: "Creaturiste-AT-primus.ca" <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:41:39 -0500
Subject: [Puptcrit] Paper casting inspiration


Kevin dyer:
http://www.castpaper.com

I was looking for this artist in particular, because years ago, I saw his 
work, and his extremely high detail level in paper casting was truly mind 
boggling, and still is. I'm grateful for the ease of use of google images, 
as I couldn't remember trhe artist's name, although his unique style was 
still etched in my memory.

This encourages me further in my quest to implement a higher level of paper 
casting for my puppet making endeavours. And not just for commercial 
products! I believe this could become a main production method for me, to 
create higher details in my performance puppets, and still make them faster.

Today, I realized some shapes are much better suited to positive casting, 
instead of into a negative mold. For instance, very thin bunny ears would be 
much easier to cast over a solid form, cut in half to free them from the 
form, then re-assembled. The contrary is much more difficult, the edges of 
the negative cast are hard to cut precisely, and there is always a bit of 
warping.

I know from experimenting, that a paper cast, even done in a weak pulp, can 
be strong enough for puppet making. One quick method that is good enough for 
a wall art object is to paint some exterior wood glue on a paper cast. I did 
that last fall for a piece I gave as a wedding gift.



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