From: "Murvin Irving" <bluesrooster-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: PUPT: Puppets from felt Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:26:54 PDT Hello- Well said Evy. I spent $500 bucks on materials nearly 20 years ago to make a latex rubber mask. After I spent months and months on a full head sculpture, the multi-piece plaster mold cracked uncontrollably (too much water in the mix). I nearly had a breakdown. I thought I knew everything about mask making. After all, I was seventeen and had read a magazine about it. I always recommend a few tries at something before launching headlong into it. - Murv > >Dear Dave, > >Using a new, unfamiliar material can be a daunting experience. It's a lot >like cooking for me. I want to try a new recipe from a foreign land, but >I'm >frightened because even if I can figure out where to buy taro root I have >no >idea how to prepare it once I get it home. Can I eat the peel, or will it >kill me? This is why classes are such a great jumping off point. > >Assuming that you don't have access to a basic "how to make a moving mouth >puppet class," I would suggest using one of Drew and Donald's books and >making the simplest foam puppet that you can. I get the feeling that you're >tempted to make your first "whole head" everything that you envision for >the >finished product. You're probably a creative guy, with lots of experience >and >ideas in your head, and you CAN make whatever you want to out of any medium >that you choose. > >However, it will not be a waste of your time to follow the steps and make a >basic, simple, foam puppet that you do not have to design. You will learn >so >much from the process that you will soon be able to make more complex >puppets, adding and changing as you go along, and improvising with the >techniques of felt that you've already mastered. Remember, the first one of >anything that you do isn't supposed to look great. At least, I hope not, or >I'm in trouble. > >If you learn anything from the clay, paper bag, felt techniques that you >are >experimenting with, let me know! > >Happy building! > >Evy > > > --- Personal replies to: Evy500-AT-aol.com > --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com --- Personal replies to: "Murvin Irving" <bluesrooster-AT-hotmail.com> --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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