The Mache! The Horror!

Paper mache: A lesson on perseverance

Oh man. The amount of time put into putting paper mache on these clay models, you need plenty of patience. It takes hours in order to do one layer, and it takes a minimum of seven layers in order to make it thick enough to use. This is mind-bending. Also, the second puppet I'm making has had a problem in that I brought the wrong type of paper in, and it started flaking off. Luckily, I saved it by using the right kind, but it was a setback. I mean, I learned from making my first puppet to keep track of the amount of layers you have already put on. I am sure that I have done seven layers, and I'm stopping after the next one I'm doing, but I'm still unsure.

Now that's out of the way

I am having my first committee meeting on Friday. I'm going to get some feedback from my two committee people who have done work with masks, puppets and building. I am also going to listen to what they have to say. My advisor will be there to keep us on track. This is going to give me the power for the rest of the project! Now all I need is a guitar solo playing me to victory!

You know what? Writing this blog makes me psyched for this project and fills me with so much happiness.