From: Angusson-AT-aol.com
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:08:44 EDT
Subject: Re: PUPT: latex



In a message dated 4/24/02 11:28:42 PM, dordan-AT-northnet.net writes:

<< A friend asked me when latex was first used for puppet heads, etc..  >>

Hi Dorlis,

Since you added the abbreviation "etc.."  in your post on latex:

I do know that Rufus and Margo Rose used latex in the very early '50s. It was 
for a commission from Mae West for a portrait marionette, and was as I 
recall, the only time the Roses used latex. 
The latex was poured into the same plaster mold from which the head was cast, 
to make a thin seamless "skin" that then covered the Plastic Wood head.  This 
was done to conceal the mouth joint. 

Hope all is well.

Fred Thompson





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