Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 08:21:58 -0700
Subject: RE: PUPT: Mascots


Dear Kathleen,

I would suggest trying to sculpt the head out of a styrofoam block (if you can't find one you can always glue together a stack of thick styrofoam sheets to make one). The sculpted head can then be covered in fabric or fur. I used to know an artist who made heads like this to support himself and he did fabulous work using this method.

Another alternative would be to pattern a head out of sheets of 1" or 1 1/4" foam and again cover it with fabric or fur, much the same as you might make a Teddy Bear or Stuffed animal.

- Andrew Young


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: KathOShea-AT-aol.com
Reply-To: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
Date:  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 20:57:12 EDT

>For a grade school, I am trying to make their mascot  ( which is a pig with 
>an oversized head [think Super-Deformed if you know Manga]) that has to fit a 
>5th grader. Any hints/ ideas for making the head? I don't have access to a 
>vacumform machine of anykind. Nor the facilities for fiberglass forming. Of 
>course being  a school on a major budget crises, they want to do it on the 
>cheap. I have done some mask work in the past, but this is a new form for me 
>to work with.
>Thanks for the help ahead of time.
>Kathleen
>
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