From: " Hartz" <hartz-AT-islc.net>
Subject: PUPT: Fw: Basswood..........
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:25:07 -0400



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>
> Roger and all.......on your Bunraku........Ventriloquist figures
> have almost always been carved of laminated basswood.  
> You laminate two halves of the head separately.  This is
> from 3/4 to 1" basswood boards which is easier to find.
> On a regular ventriloquist head you glue 4 cutout pieces
> to the front and 4 to the back.  The big SECRET is you 
> hollow out two of the boards in the front and two in the 
> back BEFORE you glue.  By hollow.....I mean cut out
> with copin saw or band saw.  Then........installing movements
> becomes easier and the head is lighter.  Also.....you can
> find the plank board basswood locally versus ordering a 
> block.  Use pro glue and bingo.  All of the above is from a
> mug shot or head on outline pattern.  This is a suggestion
> for you.  I carve large marionettes with moving mouths like
> this.
> 
> Conrad Hartz..............SC.......by the sea.......
> 
> Hartz Handcarved Puppets....since 1975
> http://www.mindspring.com/~gkoepke/hartz.htm
> http://www.puppetcircus.com/conrad.htm


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