File spoon-archives/puptcrit.archive/puptcrit_2003/puptcrit.0308, message 149


Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 20:40:46 -0700
From: Steve Axtell <steve-AT-axtell.com>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Pupt: warning about latex decay


Wayong,

Yes it's sad to think that latex puppets will not remain forever in museums 
etc.  Yet the flexibility it provides while it is alive is amazing.   The 
natural latex mostly from Malaysia & Guatemala is a wonder really.
Ax

  At 10:25 PM 8/8/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>However, it was nice to see Shae's photo. (If you're on this list or if 
>anyone knows her email address, can you email me- I had moved several 
>times in the past couple yrs & had lost her email address)
>
>I was aware that latex decays. Yet, the actuality didn't strike me until I 
>visited the Henson Studio about 6 yrs ago & saw a Pod Person rotting in 
>the corner. I loved 'The Dark Crystal' when I was younger, so it was a bit 
>unsettling to see the death and decay of one of the puppets in person.
>
>Wayong
>
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