When you're stuck like glue...
Mar. 27th, 2003 09:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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condign came round and covered me in Vaseline.
Well, technically I covered myself in Vaseline, so the plaster of paris bandages which he was about to cover me in didn't stick.
I now have a full-face plaster mask of myself, which, once dry, I'll be able to papier mache and paint. I'm also temporarily in possession of one ofcondign, though it's a bit lumpy as my plaster-application-skills proved to be inferior.
Actually, given how malleable the plaster appears to be, I'm slightly surprised that the masks don't look more like the people they're made on. I'm not sure, for example, that I'd recognise my own as my face if I'd seen it in other circumstances.
Getting plastered is a slightly odd experience, as it involves keeping your face completely still for around half an hour. Which is probably the longest I've shut up in ages :) We managed surprisingly well with gesticulation - though I failed to understandcondign miming "Nobody minds having a space hopper around the house".
Continuing our arts-and-crafts theme, he also tried to teach me a few basics of oriental calligraphy. Which is a lot harder than it looks :( I know none of the characters, but I love the stylised flower and animal paintings... sadly, it looks like I won't be churning out beautiful pictures of bamboo and pandas any time soon. Bloody hobbies that require skill and practice, bah!
condign came round and covered me in Vaseline.Well, technically I covered myself in Vaseline, so the plaster of paris bandages which he was about to cover me in didn't stick.
I now have a full-face plaster mask of myself, which, once dry, I'll be able to papier mache and paint. I'm also temporarily in possession of one of
condign, though it's a bit lumpy as my plaster-application-skills proved to be inferior.Actually, given how malleable the plaster appears to be, I'm slightly surprised that the masks don't look more like the people they're made on. I'm not sure, for example, that I'd recognise my own as my face if I'd seen it in other circumstances.
Getting plastered is a slightly odd experience, as it involves keeping your face completely still for around half an hour. Which is probably the longest I've shut up in ages :) We managed surprisingly well with gesticulation - though I failed to understand
condign miming "Nobody minds having a space hopper around the house". Continuing our arts-and-crafts theme, he also tried to teach me a few basics of oriental calligraphy. Which is a lot harder than it looks :( I know none of the characters, but I love the stylised flower and animal paintings... sadly, it looks like I won't be churning out beautiful pictures of bamboo and pandas any time soon. Bloody hobbies that require skill and practice, bah!
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Re: Ahem
Date: 2003-03-27 03:07 am (UTC)And technically speaking, it makes it sound like all of you was covered in vaseline, which I suppose implies that I'm sloppier with plaster than any mortal man should be. Or that you wanted a full body casting, which OK, I suppose I could do, but requires a lot of plaster. But heck, if you're game, I am.
(No, no, I'm not. I've gotten into trouble with statements like that before.)