Message: 11 Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:22:07 -0800 (PST) From: " Lalah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Venetian Masking
Don't you find the plaster extremely uncomfortable on the face. It gets very hot as it cures. I do stage/film makeup and we use a totally different material to make up the original cast on the face. I can't imagine having that hot plaster on my face for the time it takes to set. Of course the professional method IS expensive and time consuming. Lalah, Never give up, Never surrender ******************* Patches Writes: Actually, while the plaster is exothermic as it dries, it really isn't that bad. It feels more like a warm compress than a burning sensation - I don't know of a case where someone used the ordinary plaster that you can get at a hobby or craft store and got burned by it. I've heard of impromptu waxing results because they didn't grease their face first, but no burns. I've done this on a lot of folks and no one has come back screaming about burns or bring uncomfortably hot. The uncomforatble part comes in when water drips into the corner of your eye or in your ear or something. It helps to have a napkin handy to wipe that away. Or if you're claustrophobic. I learned to make the molds from a theatre professor of mine and then a few friends later on. A few Art classes and so forth. For pro-theatre, there are far easier tools to use, Unfortunately, getting the tools and pro-latex is a little difficult unless you've got a theatre buying it for you. (I fell out of my theatre rat tendencies while still in college and confronted with the politics of the professional scene. It still hurts to watch a show that I haven't worked on.) But anyway, masks are a hobby that I've piddled with off and on and somehow I think folks are assuming I'm some kind of authority on the subject out here (NOT!). Hence, the help request. Patches _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
