What is Kung Fu and lion dance? Part self defense and fighting, part meditation and culture and part performance with drums and arts and crafts. Come and learn this art on Saturdays at 108 Stirling Road. Warren, NJ We work with Murray Hill Chinese School which also offers many other programs both cultural, academic and athletic. Check ou their website here https://www.mhcs-nj.org/
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
rabbit Ram head
I did the first coat of paper mache over this creature I made. It has a horn like a Kei Lun and Nian. But it also has bunny ears and ram horns. It kind if looks evil and a. It like a fertility pagan demon with sharp teeth. A little like Seshomaru actually. I didnt want to use flour for paper mache because in this time of social distance quarantine flour is very valuable. We use it to make bread. Instead I used some wood glue which I had bought to patch up the drum I had which had cracked a bit. I may have made the mixture too watery... but I'm getting better at it and am confident the next head I make with paper mache wont have a paper mache problem. Here are the next two projects I am planning after this head is done. I want to make a lion head. Real sized. But I need more bamboo. I don't want to have to get cheap with the bamboo strips. But also.... I want to make the whole head entirely out of bamboo. That is to say, it will be a fram that is so reinforced that it won't require paper mache. This just means putting more strips and weaving them into the frame. I also want to heat some bamboo poles to bend them to be the main parts of the frame in addition to thinner bamboo strips. I am sure this will all be more difficult than I imagine but I hope it will like cool and be freaking strong.
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