Duck tape supports dangerous curves

Dangerous CurvesIssue masked in red tape

Angles and curves, made from paper, have a habit of straightening themselves out, which makes me wonder sometimes if an accurate representation of the absolute entropy of everything might be a straight line. One’s mind wanders far whilst rolling newspaper bones.

In any case, you can prevent your dragons’ tails from unrolling, and crooked zombie arms from uncrooking with a bit of strategic duck-tapery.

  • Attach one side of a piece of duck tape to the piece.
  • Bend/bow/hook the piece to the desired angle.
  • Attach the other side to form a bridge.
  • Apply a second piece of duck tape to the center of the bridge. This will draw the ends a bit closer and make the angle more pronounced; more or less, depending on the placement and length of the bridge.
  • Secure the rest of the bridge with more tape.

This is especially useful in cases where a wire armature is impractical, but you need to maintain a shape while the 8 coats of glue dry into a hard, crusty shell. Like that stuff you put on ice cream to make a “Brown Derby”. Mmm.

One Response to “Duck tape supports dangerous curves”

  1. Genius! You’ve got something like origami going here. I may just implement this.