these are the hands that i made for my puppet. i made 5 sets of hands and they are made out of thin armature wire. also used the brass kns tube which i cut and to glue the hands in i used 2 part epoxy.
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| hands out of wire |
once they were done i used gauze that i had cut in small pieces and used barge cement to glue it on the wire hands.
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| hands with gauze |
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| my messy workspace with supplies, and layout of my puppet |
to get the color i wanted i used acrylic paints, and then added some rubber r mold liquid latex in a small glass container, and then added water/ammonia into the mix.
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| here is the first hand to be dipped |
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| making sure to rotate hand in liquid latex |
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| hand covered well in liquid latex |
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| using wooden stick to take some of the liquid latex off |
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| first coat of liquid latex |
i had to let them dry in between coats so i could add more and they could become fuller in thickness. all the hands were lightly brushed with some corn starch so the fingers won't stick together.
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| stands i made out of paper clips |
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| hey you my peep, peace |
out of the 5 sets of hands that i did only 3 sets came out right that i like to use and here they are.
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| hands done |
