Latex on johntaro.art

Got new cutting mats in... lego aloy for scale!

Finished another shork.Time to give it a wash. #latex #diylatex #gummihaj

Tesa professional (yellow) works really well for me!

The tape from tesa is great. I used to get the red variant. But they seem to have discontinued it. This yellow stuff seems to be even better up to the job

Gummihaj :)

Then i cleaned the inside thoroughly and replaced the backing of the mouth with a fresh one! Now it is fixed!

But i can fix this one by taking the inside of the mouth out and replacing it. It took me nearly an hour and a half. First i clean up the old back of the mouth

Previously i had put nfcs in i had either covered them in latex glue (the yellow stuff with solvents) and sandwiched it in between two layers of latex for the nfc i disolve out of the plastic using acetone.

So it doesnt always go great. I put an nfc chip into the mouth of this shark for it to have a name however when i went to check the shark this morning i found the nfc had started to corrode. Turns out water and amonia in the liquid latex do not mix well with the chip in the nfc.

There are US based companies that sell latex surely :) though maybe latex is not as popular as in europe :)

latex-patterns This is my page for patterns. They are free. Please use them for your own crafts. Please do not use them for profit!

i make them and some have been put up for adoption. But i dont want to make any money of them. Just for the love of latex and the haj. But shipping anything across the pond to the usa is impossible right now anyway. if you know a latex crafter there is a pattern here www.johntaro.art/latex-patter...

Inflateeed

I cut them down too but i have extra glued parts around the valve.

Another gummihaj is born!

Goopening the insides

They are pretty good . But they are a lot tougher to work with than the car tire valves. Also inflating and deflating takes a lot longer with the sportsball valves. Those stick out and in the area the hole is in makes them look kinda not wholesome.

Nope that would result in me getting flooded. I got too much stuff to do for work its gotta stay a hobby🫠

New shork who dis

Yep!

Shork assembly time!

New crafting table that i can fold up! Large blahaj for scale

Yep these are cut out by hand. Then lasered the hexes in, then glued into a suit

Experimenting drawing with liquid latex!

Not much i have other suits that have more intense etchinga and they are fine. Just make sure you clean off the gunk after etching.

The damage is what the etching does. Its pretty minimal. And the effect is what i am after:) think of it as roughening up the outer layer . Cutting latex i do at 5-10mm/s and 70-90% power :)

Ye i have two bsky . I seperated the art and the latex crafts .

The hexagons ftw

The hexagon pattern came out pretty good! Its a bit subtle though! Now to wash and shine it.

Finished the hexagon suit :)

Progress!