Last year I made a gift for a very special girl who is a fan of the armored bears in Phillip Pullman's "The Golden Compass". I knew she had a small polar bear which just happens to be the same as one that lives here with us. So, I pressed him into service as a model and got to work.
This is my first foray into working with EVA foam. I would never even have gotten started if it weren't for Bill and Britt Doran, proprietors of Punished Props. Check out their YouTube channel Punished Props Academy for a wealth of information on all aspects of modern prop and costume making. Bill's books Foamsmith and Foamsmith 2 are comprehensive resources for working with foam. Both are also available as ebooks.
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The slide show below covers my journey through the foamsmithing process from start to finish. If you leave your mouse over the image as the slide show plays you'll see the image captions.