Red Lotus - Membrane Testing

This is an update from Friday, and a report on the progress of Red Lotus. A lot has happened in the past few days. So get ready for a wall of pictures—there's a lot to catch up on.

I wanted to test the skin of the sculpture to see if it would provide the color and translucency I wanted. So I tested the paper mache first on a 1'x1' square with the fabric.



I tested a variety of brochures and fliers to see which ones would turn out the best on the skin of the sculpture.



Without Shellac.





With Shellac.



It works out the way I hoped. Next, onto construction…