Body Foam

[muppet88]

I've been making my puppet bodies out of reticulated foam but am looking for something a bit more rigid and sturdy to hold the shape better. I've heard EVA foam and L200 foam mentioned for making bodies. Can anyone reccomend a good place to purchase it, or any other reccomendations for body foam? Thanks!

 

[AveQ]

School of Puppetry wrote an article about foam that I found particularly helpful. Here's the link to it:

http://www.schoolofpuppetry.com.au/...-a-foam-puppet-aamp-what-kinds-of-foam-to-use

Enjoy!

 

[TheCreatureWork]

I was shown the method of boning (from a Muppet Alumni) to keep your puppet's body rigid. Boning is simply using stronger material inside the puppet to keep it from collapsing. I use to use coat hanger wire (shaped in a circle) wrapped in foam and then hot glued in the body. Terry Angus recently talked about using seamstress dress boning and having it basically coil inside the body. I tried this and recommend this method as it is less time consuming and works like a charm. You can get the boning at your local fabric store.

 

[muppet88]

Thanks CreatureWork, that sounds like a good method, I'll give it a shot!

 

[TheCreatureWork]

It is definitely cheaper than L100/200 route.