Test Arms

Here is the first set of arms for Jon's tests with latex dipping (time lapse of process can be seen below).

The Arms are made of single pieces of armature wire (gauge 1/8). The hands are made by bending one piece of armature wire (gauge 1/8) into a "U" shape. The fingers are smaller pieces of aluminum wire (gauge 1/16) that are looped around the "palm" and twisted, then wrapped in cotton string.

Jon uses epoxy (grey clay looking stuff) to create the solid pieces of the arm that he didn't want to bend when the puppet will be moved. To allow the joints to blend in with the epoxy and still be fluid, he wrapped them with cotton string. The fingers were also wrapped so the latex would adhere better.

Jon is going to start a second pair that will use silk thread around the fingers to see which material will work better.