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Foamhawk silliness
After creating some crazy wigs out of blue insulation foam through the highly inefficient process of 3D modelling and laser cutting it turned out my wig was too big. So I took out a few panels and cut it down with a Leatherman (to a tolerance of a few thousandths of an inch…. sure). Long live the Foamhawk!
Attaching it to my head was a challenge. I wanted something that would be secure but also have some give for when I (inevitably) collided with something. (It turned out to be the refrigerator door at the deli across the street from school.) The foam didn’t seem like it would take an adhesive very well (either melting or not sticking). In the end I came up with a system where bobby pins were attached to wire held to the foamhawk with screws. Nice and secure, but not too secure, and easily fixable in the field.
Foamhawk pictures (this site)
Foamhawk pictures (Flickr)
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