[dcw] Call for Volunteers -- Halloween Mask Project

Wed Aug 28 12:16:24 PDT 2013

I pretty much can't do it until Sept 5.  Leaving tomorrow moring for NY, (and need to pack tonight  :( ).  I could coordinate by email though if needed. 

I think I have a basic understanding of what would be required on my end, however:  
- The mask would need to be removable from the mold (ie, no overhanging parts).
- Would have to provide enough space/coordination for vacuum ports.
- Would have to provide "blockouts" for the eyeholes and such.
- Would need to extend far enough back to reach the top of the mold (maybe we should decide on the mold dimentions, actually).

- I was planning on working with paperclay (this is very easy to work with, and makes nice smooth pieces).  I'd coat the completed piece with a finish to protect it during molding.  We'd probably have to add a release on top of the finish so we can pull it out of the mold once the plaster is set.

Any other points that would be important?

I'd also be interested in knowing your timelines.  I'd imagine we'd want to have a mold prepared and testable before the end of Oct, so thinking I should shoot for a completed, ready to mold, model by first week of Oct?

Jeff T
From: Tim F <davi... at yahoo.com>
To: davis-commun... at googlegroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [dcw] Call for Volunteers -- Halloween Mask Project

August 28, 2013

Hi gang --

OK, this Friday (08/30/13) isn't so good for the Halloween mask project.

---> So, a quick question: How about a day sooner: Thursday, 08/29/13, at 7 pm at the space?

-- Tim F

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On Wed, 8/28/13, Jeff Tolentino <jeffto... at yahoo.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: [dcw] Call for Volunteers -- Halloween Mask Project
To: "davis-commun... at googlegroups.com" <davis-commun... at googlegroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 9:38 AM

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

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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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