03-01-2006, 10:49 AM
This is a really informative and friendly discussion guys- well done, we're all loving it!
have you though of layering-
(outside) linen/felt/linen for fringes (inside) with the felt being maybe 2/8th thick
maybe I'm not getting it- please feel free to correct me- but the fringes as you have discussed look like they are from a seperate underlying layer but does this mean there HAS to be as many layers on the inside of your core as the outside? I wasn't sure from the pictures of the sculptures you have posted, but I couldn't see any firm proof either way.
The only reason I say this is if each layer was thinner like this, it would be easier to do 3/4 complete sets with fringes, thus creating the huge numbers often seen on sculpture, without ending up with the body part made of 8+ layers of felt.
I hope to have a go at making one of these myself this year so this has been really usefull
cheers again for the great thread!
Adam
have you though of layering-
(outside) linen/felt/linen for fringes (inside) with the felt being maybe 2/8th thick
maybe I'm not getting it- please feel free to correct me- but the fringes as you have discussed look like they are from a seperate underlying layer but does this mean there HAS to be as many layers on the inside of your core as the outside? I wasn't sure from the pictures of the sculptures you have posted, but I couldn't see any firm proof either way.
The only reason I say this is if each layer was thinner like this, it would be easier to do 3/4 complete sets with fringes, thus creating the huge numbers often seen on sculpture, without ending up with the body part made of 8+ layers of felt.
I hope to have a go at making one of these myself this year so this has been really usefull
cheers again for the great thread!
Adam
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin\'
A poor little baby child is born
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A poor little baby child is born
In the ghettoooooo...
(vocalist extrodinaire- Eric Cartman)