Today we started work early because costuming the giant had to be done before our coastal breezes come up. Well, they never came, and, while we planned to stop and about 1:00 and take the afternoon off for some much needed recreation (of some kind!) we ended up working all day anyway.
In a fit of "desire for perfection" I decided that the hand was holding the torch at the wrong angle (Valerie thought so too) and so I tore into the finished hand and wrist and arm, destroying and rebuilding. I imagine no one else would have cared, but here you can see where I have put them back together (just when we thought papier mache-ing was over forever!)
To the left and in the photo below you can see the pin and groove system I devised to make stops in the movement of the arms and in this case, the wrist, to keep them from going farther than looks normal. The pin fits in the groove and prevents movement beyond a certain point.
It was just the three of us working today. Here Valerie takes a break from sewing the gown to contemplate Bellas hard work.
Bella's technique in detail, for those who want to study her "style."
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