Dartmoor Arts Week 2012 - Forged Metal

The forge

Hot steel

Sharp hot thing

Practicing curls

Stabbers and a hook

Plans

knotted steel

The jaws

Man trap

What a superb week.

final forge count

loads of teeth for my vagina, the jaws and tongue, two Stabbers, a hook and nail and a knotted piece of steel 

I haven't finished my vagina, but am looking for a North West forge that will let me borrow their fire to do so!

The Prade

Saturday and Sunday consisted of a lot of running about organising and getting things ready for 1:30.

I helped rig the pirate ship, and sort the pyrotechnics without falling off the bow of the ship or blowing myself up. 

We laid out the puppets on tarps as the grass was wet through from rain. The weather wasn't amazing on Saturday or Sunday but the rain kept off for the duration of the parade.

There was a great turn out both days, and I scared lots of children. 

result

pyros

Laid out puppets

Face paint

The wind meant that, in the name of streamlining, the highest allegorical women on the trikes were  left off

My little dragons

Me as the green dragon

My green man looking awesome

It ain't easy being green.

Midsummer Watch Prep

 Friday's job was to get the puppets and floats into a van, and the larger floats into the market carpark. 

 Vicky and I also organised the rehearsal room, putting out face paints, brushes and water for the people joining in with the parade to use, and taking over the hats for the devil band and jesters. 

This mirror was brilliant

Order of procession

It was bastarding down with rain, the ceiling was leaky

Foamy's Head

I tasked myself with making Foamy's head whilst Sophie stuffed the body

I used the same technique as with the body frame and the green man I've made for Midsummer Watch Parade

Building Foamy's Body

Sophie's plan...

I constructed a withy, paper and latex frame onto which stuffing could be attached, this was then covered in stockinette. 

I think the technique was flawed, Sophie struggled with stuffing the body and getting the latex to stick to the stockinette, which was thicker than the stuff I had used on the rat head I'd made for Manchester Day Parade. 

The overall shape of the body doesn't work in my opinion, it needs more podge around the bottom...