Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 18:26:18 -0400
From: Andrew Young <beartown-AT-bear-town.com>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Eye suggestion


Great idea Mathieu! I believe the nose of Zoe on Sesame Street is also 
made out of a plastic grape.

Mathieu Rene wrote:

>Hi all. Thank you again for all your help in my quest for making better
>eyes.
>I'm still experiementing, as I shall until I die, but the following is an
>idea I'd like to share.
>
>
>I bought some artificial Grapes, because I think they look great to make
>shiny but unbreakable eyes.
>Not as shiny and deep as marbles, but still good for soft puppets, or
>puppets you make for children.
>
>They are the cheap kind that look like they are made of rubber.  The
>indivuidual fruit holds onto the grape by being forcefully inserted on the T
>at the end of each branch...
>
>I bought mine at a Dollar Store.
>
>Somebody once told me, and I haven't been able to verify this "fact", that
>Cirque Du Soleil uses those fake grapes as buttons on some of their
>costumes.
>
>
>Mathieu René Créaturiste
>Marionnettes, masques, etc...
>Puppets, masks, etc...
>uubald-AT-magma.ca
>http://www.magma.ca/~uubald/
> (514) 274-8027
>
>
>
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