[dcw] Call for Volunteers -- Halloween Mask Project

[Jeff Tolentino]

I cannot make Friday either.  Will be out of town until next Wednesday.


From: Nicholas Weigand <daw... at gmail.com>
To: davis-commun... at googlegroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [dcw] Call for Volunteers -- Halloween Mask Project



I can't make it this Friday (in Southern California for a memorial service) but you folks should go ahead and meet if it works for everyone else.




On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Tim F <davi... at yahoo.com> wrote:

August 27, 2013
>
>Hi gang --
>
>Hurrah -- it's great to see email flying about this!
>
>Let's try to find a common time to meet at the space to talk about it and see what I have done so far (even if that's just eviscerating a helpless toaster...).
>
>How about this Friday evening at the space, around 7 pm?
>
>-- Tim F
>
>--------------------------------------------
>
>On Tue, 8/27/13, Nicholas Weigand <daw... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [dcw] Call for Volunteers -- Halloween Mask Project
> To: davis-commun... at googlegroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 2:59 PM
>
>
> So my
> understanding is that we wanted to make swappable molds of a
> couple of masks (actually, that the system would stay in the
> space to be used by anyone who feels like making molds for
> anything, not just masks).
>
>
>
> It was suggested that we do this at the Dia De Los
> Muertos celebration in the E St. Plaza that the DDBA is
> holding on Halloween.  We also have the opportunity to run
> something for "Artober" although I don't know
> which dates are still available.
>
>
>
> Ultimately it would be nice to have the machine
> available at the space - and this is a fire under our feet
> to get it done!  I hadn't committed to the Dia De Los
> Muertos event yet, but if there is sufficient interest here,
> and it sounds like there is, maybe I will do that if nobody
> objects.
>
>
>
> Nicholas
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013
> at 2:10 PM, Jeff Tolentino <jeffto... at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> I just finished another mask and
> would be up for doing yet another for this project.  Would
> we have the ability to have multiple molds to swap in an
> out? If so it would be cool to have a few people
> contributing mask designs.
>
>
>  
> Also what is the timeline for this?   I have
> lots going on next month.  If we are shooting for
> Halloween, that would be doable for me, but I vaugely
> remember something about earlier October on this (which
> would be harder for me to do).  Plus I'm guessing there
> would need to be some time to get the mold prepared from
> the original piece.
>
>
>  
> Jeff T
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Braden Pellett
> <goo... at dabrado.net>
> To: davis-commun... at googlegroups.com
>
>
>
> Sent: Tuesday,
> August 27, 2013 1:53 PM
> Subject: Re:
> [dcw] Call for Volunteers -- Halloween Mask Project
>
>
>
>
> Nice.
>
> I'm going to try reaching out to the newly forming Third
> Space Art Collective to see if there is any interest in this
> project from their members.
>
>   - Braden
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 01:35:55PM -0700, Tim Feldman
> wrote:
>
>
> > August 27, 2013
> >
> > Hi gang --
> >
> > Last week Nicholas and I agreed to go ahead in a
> valiant attempt to create masks in time for Dia de Los
> Muertos / Halloween, using a vacuum-forming plastic
> technique. (Are we brave, or what ?!?)
>
>
> >
> > I have already designed the framework for the wooden
> mold, and I will start building it soon.
> >
> > I have already purchased an innocent little bread
> toaster (used) and am about to sacrifice it, hacking out its
> guts on the altar of creativity (we need the heating coils
> to warm up the plastic sheets).
>
>
> >
> > I have already found suppliers
>  of plastic sheets and plaster of paris.
> >
> > We are looking for a floor-standing bicycle pump, which
> I will mutate into a vacuum pump.
> >
> > Now, we need >>> ARTISTIC MAKERS <<<
> to design and sculpt a master pattern for a skull-like
> mask... hence this CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!
>
>
> >
> > If you've got the artistic chops and the energy,
> let's get together at the space so that I can show you
> the technical requirements for the master pattern. Email the
> group, please -- it's a community project!
>
>
> >
> > Full speed ahead!
> >
> > -- Tim F
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