Christmas crackers...

Christmas crackers...
Originally uploaded by rosemarybeetle

Why, Christmas crackers can be good! Look what the trinket gift was in my cracker this year. By chance, exactly the pair of 1000V safe, high tensile alloy long-nose pliers I need to bend and sculpt wire etc. into shapes. Thanks Santa!

Making pantomime costume head - completed vulture head

The finished vulture head



Shown below is the original mask with the papier mache casing removed. The cling film barrier layer can be seen. This stops the PVA sticking to the underlying model.

The two halves are removed by cutting in half symetrically - lengthwise along the centre of the head, from front to back.These were later stuck back together with reinforced packing tape along the join, which had a strip layer applied over it to hide the join.

After painting and detailing with marker pen the finished head was varnished with 3 layers of flooring varnish.

Vulture head - pantomime costume

Vulture head - pantomime costume
Originally uploaded by rosemarybeetle

Head for a pantomime goose costume - part 2

Beak, shown against the rough sketch design. 








Goose sketches to help fix the design in the brain.

Constructing the framework for the skull of the head using withies (green willow sticks)







Building up the outer shape of the head by applying cardboard contouring

Cardboard head contours almost finished

Papier mache applied over cardboard contouring.









Complete head fully covered in papier mache outer layer.