Friday 9th May - Moon Texture Tests

This morning I spent about 3 hours trailing around all of the charity shops in Carlisle trying to find the aforementioned wooden crutches my other half had seen....they apparently do not exist! There a couple of shops I didn't manage to check, but I am holding out until our "School Trip" to SandySikes scrap yard on Monday, in case there are some there, before I spend half my budget on buying a pair on the internet. I have decided not to make them because they need to be as practical and comfortable as possible for Natalie, and I think that a sourced pair would be a lot more reliable.

This afternoon, I played around with paper mache and wall plaster for the texture of the moons mask. I decided to try these two options first because they can done for free, as we have the materials we would need in the university already.

There were the results (unpainted)

The paper mache wasn't dry at the time of these pictures, but it was already clear that it wouldn't work, the look is very amateur and not at all what I was after.

The plaster worked a lot better to get the desired, cratered effect, but because of the nature of the material, once it is dry, if dropped, it is so brittle it would just break into pieces. There for I have decided that the mask needs to be made of ModRoc.

This is a type of plaster of paris that comes in strip form, ,can be molded around the mask wearers face for extra comfort and be built up. It will hold its shape well, and if layered well, will not break if dropped. I am told that the uni shop sells rolls of ModRoc for £1 a roll and that 1 roll will cover 3 faces worth. I can also create a very similar effect with the ModRoc as I have with the plaster here.