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Advice needed for life size PM sculptures

#1 2003-03-08 12:51:57

susan
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Advice needed for life size PM sculptures

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I am Susan Denmark. I am going to do 2 life size PM Persons. Sculptures for a special event. I am going to have children working with me and around me.
And I am unsure about:
- Balancing the sculptures
- Armature...wire? wood? cardboard?
- Drying time...Don't get more than 2 weeks to do this. will PVA Glue do the job fast?

I hope someone can help me out with this.

In hopes
susan from Mask Makers Web and Maskeriet   DK

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#2 2003-03-09 03:26:08

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Re: Advice needed for life size PM sculptures

Susan,

I'm currently working on a similar project (sans the children).  For the armature, I wrapped chicken wire around a mannequin and stuffed it with newspaper to help keep the form.  Balancing depends a lot on the pose.  My sculpture is standing up straight and holding a staff, so it's not that difficult for me.  If you can work with metal a little bit, a basic rebar skeleton wouldn't be a bad idea for difficult poses.  And obviously having it attached to a heavy base of some sort is a good idea -- if not necessary.

Hope this helps.

 

#3 2003-03-09 05:14:51

susan
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Re: Advice needed for life size PM sculptures

Hi Jason

Thank you Jason - yes it helps.

How about PVA - glue? Can I do one one sculpture in a week, if I use that?

susan

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#4 2003-03-10 05:28:33

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Re: Advice needed for life size PM sculptures

I can't speak for PVA glue, however wallpaper paste seems to do the job pretty quickly.  So far all the pieces of my sculpture that I have finished have dried near completely overnight.

 

#5 2003-03-10 05:35:15

susan
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Re: Advice needed for life size PM sculptures

big_smile thank you Jason

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#6 2003-03-16 10:42:03

david finch
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Re: Advice needed for life size PM sculptures

Hi Susan, I don't know if your aware of the work of Philip Cox (U.K) but he creates life size sculptures using cardboard boxes as an armature.
www.philipcox.co.uk  I hope this is of use.
Cheers David Finch.

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