Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:54:54 -0400 From: Dotti <dotti.seitz-AT-verizon.net> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Need recommendations for smoke illusion Thanks for that heads-up, Joe regarding the use of corn starch! That would sure surprise the audience - not to mention us puppeteers. Dotti Joe Dunfee wrote: > One idea not mentioned yet is water mist. It might be put in a > hair-spray type bottle. I have seen some spray bottles that can be > pumped up with air pressure so that you can get a continuous flow for > a while. However, this smoke effect would not really float like > smoke should and would have minimal visual impact. It would probably > need back lighting to show up well. > > When I've done the talcum powder version, I had a small pill bottle > that contained a small amount of the powder, and had two tubes > entering the pill bottle. The longer tube went to the air source and > reached down into the bottom of the pill bottle into the powder. Then > the short tube only went into the bottle a bit, and was how the > "smoke" exited from the pill bottle. This produced a nice even cloud > and controlled the quantity of power that I used. > > Note that corn starch will not work if you use your breath as the air > source, because it will clump. Also, if you were to use a large > quantity of corn starch (I am guessing anything significantly more > than you would apply to a baby), I would be concerned about fire. A > cloud of corn starch is flammable. Talcum powder cannot be made to burn. > > > Joe Dunfee joe-AT-dunfee.com > Gordonville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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