Perhaps you have read of Madame Tussauds’s famous waxworks in London
Do you know how a waxwork is made ? in order to make life-like model, a great deal of time, skill and patience are needed. Firstly, the subject (usually a well known person ) has to be interviewed. This can take place in palace, theatre dressing-room or a government office. Sometimes the interviewer has to travel thousands of kilometers to meet the subject.
At the interview exact measurements are taken of all the important details of the subject and to his hair, eyes, or skin colour. Photographs of the subject are also taken from every angle.
Immediately afterwards, a copy of the subject’s face is made from grey potter’s clay and measured against a life-size photograph of the subject. If the copy is satisfactory, amould is made from it. This is dried so as to drive out all the air bubbles inside.
Next, wax is melted. In the process, oil colours are added to give the correct flesh colour. The wax is then poured int the face mould.
Meanwhile, different work goes on in other sections, where the body and own hands and legs, especially if he or she is an athlete.
When the face has set in the mould, the face is removed, and the final touches as eyes and eyebrows are added. It may takes as long as a fortnight for an expert worker to sew in whole head of hair, strand by strand!. Then the whole life-size waxwork is dressed in suitable clothes and placed in an attractive pose for exhibition.
(Taken From : Stepping More fo Junior High School, 2005)
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