Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:38:35 -0400 From: Fred Greenspan <greenspan-AT-earthlink.net> Subject: Re: PUPT: Fw: Plastic Wood....ain't so good...... Diane, Interesting that you wound up using Neoprene. I made my last completed show (non-Punch & Judy) with Celluclay. It looks good and is strong, but to heavy! The next show, that I have not completely, I used Neoprene. As you say, It is light, strong in the proper thickness, and easy to paint and decorate. The only thing that bothers me is it's life expectancy. I have heard this stuff breaks down in a reasonably short time (10-20 years). Is this true? I do my shows for a long time once I build them. I have been using many of my Plastic Wood Puppets for 17 or 18 years without any signs of the material breaking down. That's why I still use Plastic Wood if I have to add or replace a puppet in my P&J shows. Since I don't do stick hitting, the fragility isn't a problem. If I do want to do a stick hitting routine, I made a large club for Punch that I made out of dense foam covered with dark brown rawhide. Regards, Fred Greenspan Tradtional Puppeteer http://home.earthlink.net/~greenspan/ Stu & Diane (aka HDulc & Freshwater) wrote: > > I made my Punch in 1985 with the original Plastic Wood formula. Even that > had the drawback of being breakable. (Judy once vicously knocked out > Punch's eye with her nose in the middle of a show!) When the new formula > Plastic Wood came in, I switched to Super Sculpy (too heavy), then > neoprene. Neoprene is currently my material of choice. --- Personal replies to: Fred Greenspan <greenspan-AT-earthlink.net> --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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