from: Bunki Kramer (bkramer@srvusd.k12.ca.us)
Los Cerros Middle School
968 Blemer Road
Danville, CA 94526
art webpage - http://ww2.lcms.srvusd.k12.ca.us/faculty/faculty.html
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>From: Christene Sandeson <c.sandeson@ns.sympatico.ca>
...> The next step also intrigues me: teaching students to apply
> wet plaster to these carved/added forms: if the plaster is thinned
> with water, could it not be painted on? If the plaster were "knifed"
> on, wouldn't it dry too quickly & cause waste?
>
> I do not have plaster gauze strips as Bunki suggests, so here
> is my thought: can I make plaster gauze strips from worn out cotton
> bed sheets (I have several)? Might I cut the sheets into 1"* 3"
> strips, dampen them, lay them in a flat dish of plaster, and then
> apply to the foam base? Would that work?
> christene in N.S., where we are promised another winter snow advisory
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Interesting idea but why use the sheets with plaster? I've used sheet strips
in half white glue/half water mixture when making the Screamers
(paper-mache monsters). These strips became rock-hard when dry. HOWEVER...we
wound up with way too many strings in the sink and my custodian was not
excited about my teaching methods that week. Stopped up TWO sinks with the
strings...even after my more-than-gentle threats to the kids. You might want
to re-think the sheet strips for that reason. They're a pain to work with
anyway because of the strings coming unraveled while working with them.
If you lay the strips in plaster, they might set up too fast for you. I'm
sure there must be a better thought to this idea. Anyone else have a plan?
Toodles....Bunki
