Thursday 28 March 2013

Jabberwocky: Foam Rubber


After all the armatures were finished, it was time to cast them in foam rubber, this is where Kane took over, the plaster molds are coated with a releasing agent and the carefully measured and mixed foam rubber is spread into both halves of the molds and the armature put into place before fitting the molds together and applying pressure to squeeze out any excess. the baked in a oven for a few hours. The puppets come out looking like this: 


Then they came back to me to be cut out.

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