While I loved this project when I did it, over the years I have come to
worry about allergies and possible transmittable diseases. I have bought a
set of plastic face mask molds and let the students work over those. I know
that it is not individualized at the start, however, when they add their own
details and colors it does give them one more sculpture experience. Linda
W. in OK
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From: <Pablo90512@aol.com>
To: "ArtsEdNet Talk" <artsednet@lists.pub.getty.edu>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: vaseline of faces with plaster......
> My experience was rather eye opening but in a different way.....
>
> 10 Years ago one of my students had a severe allergic reaction to Vaseline
> when we did the face and plaster molding. He ended up in the hospital
for 3
> weeks, on oxygen with pneumonia. It was awful and I felt sick. Nothing
was
> in his file concerning all this. His mother was the librarian
> He had a severe reaction to petroleum products. Although this seemed like
a
> rare incident, I see more and more students with petroleum based alleries
> come through my box. I have never done the project since.
> Laurie
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