SG/GK random designs

[nakedbee]

June should be an exciting month. I'm going to try to wrap up the research and design phase and transition to actually buying and building things. The casting call should also go out in the next few weeks, so if you are local to Northern California (or are willing to commute ;) ) start clearing your calendar so you'll have some free weekends this fall/winter.

In the meantime, here are some more designs: a fireplace and room dimensions for the feast halls.


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[garlikmongere.livejournal.com]

Will you be able to get enough carving-like detail with chicken wire and paper mache? It sounds like fun to make though.

[nakedbee.livejournal.com]

I think so ... the chicken wire will be structural support for the basic shape and then we can build up the surface carving details with mounds of paper pulp on top. I still need to experiment with how to get a good textured surface; I think coating it in sand may work.

:)

[garlikmongere.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you've had a better experience with paper mache, but from my recollection, too many layers of wet paper results in the whole mess not drying very well. Is there something finer than chicken wire that can be used to shape the smaller details? Or maybe just get some fine gauge wire to build a support for the smaller shapes. Perhaps carving portions out of leftover packing styrofoam (or some other dense foam), although I don't know if paper mache or paint would stick to it afterward.

Now that I'm looking at the right dragon again, it doesn't seem like there's all that much that needs the carving detail to go very deep. So maybe it won't stay too soggy.

Coating it in sand sounds interesting.