Learn How to Use Blades and Scissors to Refine a Puppet Foam Shape - Swazzle Puppet Studio Episode 3

In this episode of Swazzle Puppet Studio we teach you how to use a blade and scissors to refine your foam puppet head.
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[@erikoliveira192oficial]

Is the foam you used "viscoelastic foam"? if not, cutting with scissors like this from the video in a block of viscoelastic foam, do you get a good result? or does it give a bad result?

[@SwazzleProductions]

Never heard of that kind of foam.

[@onlysadnessremain]

what is your preferred scissor brand combo? cutting foam is tough without the right scissor

[@SwazzleProductions]

We usually use Fiskers. They have some good large and small options. Plus they make a left handed scissor for us lefty’s.

[@chattychatotchannel]

That’s really clever with the blade water bottle disposal

[@SwazzleProductions]

Safety first!

[@ItzNotSamwich]

So I have a vision that's nagging at me and have to do it, so I'm obsessively searching on how to make puppets. But, for some reason, I can't find any video that gives a detailed explanation on how to apply the fleece nice and taut to sculpted faces and bodies. For instance, if I want a full body with details like boobs and such, and a head with cheekbones and nostrils and a sculpted in nose, how is the fleece applied to fit the sculpted shape perfectly? It would mean the world to me to find out how to do this.

[@SwazzleProductions]

We cover this in our multi-part puppet building series! Good luck.

[@mhcrafting42]

Where can beginners get large foam blocks for carving?

[@SwazzleProductions]

We get foam from Bob’s Foam Factory.

[@nickmcarthur4928]

What foam are you using?

[@SwazzleProductions]

This is a block of soft foam.

[@kevinmckinney166]

that cowbell

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Right?!

[@akkadia_6605]

How to carve a honeydew melon

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