Today we made the pantomime cow's head. In the morning the doubles found an old structure of a horse's head made from wire and wooden rods which was meant to be worn like a hat. The cow patterned furry material they had previously ordered had arrived and so we were all set to start.
First we had make the horse shape more like a cow, so I folded the ears in half which immediatley it more cow-like. As the material was thick it seemed to broaden the face, and with the pattern we knew it would complete the look.
I lay the head upside down on the material and cut out a large shape resembling it, and then Asha helped me hot glue the material to the head.
Health & Safety
When using glue guns there is the risk of burning yourself as the glue becomes very hot, and as the cow's head involved putting glue in places that were hard to see, I was extremely careful with my hands. I would have worn hand protection, but I was afraid that it would have made it more difficult and fiddly to glue, and therefore not as good a result. Unfortunately some of the glue leaked out just as we were finishing and stuck to my finger, resulting in a blister. I immediately ran it under the cold tap to ease the pain, and treated it with aloe vera which is perfect for burns.
Despite that, the head turned out really well.
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