hands

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. 

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.

hands with gauze

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.

here is the first hand to be dipped

making sure to rotate hand in liquid latex

hand covered well in liquid latex

using wooden stick to take some of the liquid latex off

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.

stands i made out of paper clips

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.

hands done