Costume: Paparazzi 2

Costume: Paparazzi 2

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So I thought, I'll melt the cut edge a bit on a hot plate to make a little rim along the edge. I used a sheet of aluminum foil directly on an electric burner and just kept the plastic parabola moving.

Once

It totally worked, gave me a perfect little folded-in rim, they are really round and strong. It wasn't a complete accident, but it just turned out way better than I thought. It's amazing how much stronger they are with a little 1/8th inch rim.

 

My joy lasted for almost a whole day, until I realized I had just re-invented a domed Icee lid.

 



To create the 12 photographer's heads, the paparazzi, I planned to sculpt one, make a mold from it.

I've made quite a few heads out of paper mache, but this would be my first one out of clay. I started with a 10 1/2" 2"x4" screwed to a 1" pine board.

Added some lumps of crumpled up paper, attached with plenty of masking tape.

I bought ten pounds of modeling clay, but I didn't want the entire head to be solid clay, because I thought a huge solid mass of clay would crack as it dried. Also, I wanted to conserve enough of the clay for a second head if time permitted.


Then I began adding clay and attempting to make a realistic head.

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