Before 'N' After

[cnic]

I thought some of you might enjoy this. Our church had a christmas musical last week, or a couple weeks ago. Anyway, they asked me a month or so ago to come up with a little design for the thing, and here it is. The first pic is my idea layed out on paper, and the second is the finished product. Looks a little poor with my camera phone.

I carved and sanded the whole thing out of home insulation foam. Was very fun. Then painted 'er up!

Enjoy!

[Silence04]

wow, that's really cool cnic!
and you actually built it too! :D

[urstwile]

Nice! I hope they appreciated your efforts. :)

[morea]

that's wonderful!

[Red Kittie Kat]

really nice job cnic :D

[cnic]

Thank you Thank you!

They certainly did appreciate all of it.

Thanks!

[Samakimoto Graphics]

That was absolutely fabulous cnic!

How long did that take to do, what kind of paint did you apply?

Tell me; how is working with insulating foam different from packing foam?
I did some letter cuttings for an exhibition stand using packing foam cut with a hot wire - it was pretty simple - but I know this foam cannot handle sanding.
I used water-based wall paint and wood glue to stick the up on a wooden board.

[cnic]

Thanks Samaki, I painted it with some artist acrylic's (blickrylic to be specific).. and I also used some leftover acrylic that the chuch had.... they had a budget for me to spend on paint, but I didnt have to purchase a single can. I mostly used just regular old around the house acrylic paint. The church gave me a $50 Dick Blick gift card after it was all done, because they knew I had used some of my own paint.

I wish I knew the difference in the two foams but I have never tried to use packing foam. I know that this insulation foam is very dense, its really like wood, only very easy to cut, and easy to sand. I also used a "wonder cutter" the hot wire cutter you spoke of, but I also used an extendable box knife for the big cutting.

To stick the pieces together, I used an asortment of adhesives. Wait, I should say.... I tried and asortment of adhesives. Some worked some didnt. I needed something that would really stick, without dissolving the foam, and hold very very well. Turns out that Double sided carpet tape was the very best thing ever....

I'm excited that everyone likes it. I will have to find another picture... that shows it all lit up. The blue backing around it has tiny white lights in it that light up for a portion of the show.

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[(gra-ph!c-D'sig-nah)]

That is cool!...looks great!

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Yes, about the adhesive; that was the hardest part to figure out. I tried contact glue ("Conta" to be specific) and that dissolved the packing foam, regular paper glue would have washed off in the morning dew resulting in a disater...

Looking forward to seeing the lit up pics.

[kapilchakravarthy]

CNICE. Looks like you did not just work on it, you litrely crafted it. It looks amazing. It is also looks orginal and very creative work. Just want to know how long did it take to do.

[Mike Stone]

Very cool, reminds me of Dr. Seuss ;]

[cnic]

Hey thanks.... just noticed you guys posted to this the other day..

Yeah, I had several people say it was Dr. Seuss'ish. Funny, I wasnt sure how to take that... but I guess its ok. I grew up with some Dr. Seuss books, maybe it was an influence from my subconscious.

Thanks Kap. I guess it took about 25 hours alltogether?? I didnt really keep track.

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[budafist]

That's real nice. Is that a permanent fixture now? or just for that one time. Sure would look cool in someone's house.

[Neuro]

That pretty cool to see. Thanks for sharing that. Nice work!!

[Logo-Mechanix]

That looks awesome Cnic, did you use the spray insulation in the can that expands once applied? I have used that stuff (for insulating windows and doors) and I never thought about being able to sculpt it like that.

[MSGQuixo]

wow, i love how the snakey parts look so sculpted and have a weight to them. What is going to happen to it now? Would look nice around the front door.... or garage door! ;)

[YNOT]

Looks very cool man! I'm impressed!!