Michael deMeng’s

Dancing Diablos Supply List

Supply List

  1. You’ll need some sort of box for your dance stage. You’ll want this to be wooden (or you can sometimes find a very sturdy card stock box…the key is that it needs to be sturdy). The size of the box depends on the how many dancing devils you might want but the sample use a base box roughly 4”height x 4”depth x 7”length. If you wanted only one dancing devil a 4”x4”x4” box would work. (As a side note if you wanted a bunch of dancing devils…5 or 6… you might look for the wooden boxes they use for specialty wines or whiskeys those are usually around 4”x4”x14”).

  2. Wooden checkers OR unfinished wooden wheels (the wheels use for Pine wood derby cars) “1 to 1.5” in diameter. You’ll want a minimum of two per devil.

  3. Larger wooden circle - craft stores sell wooden plaques that would be perfect. 2 to 3 inches in diameter.

  4. Wooden dowels - 1/4” in diameter. As for the length should be at least a few inches longer than the length of the box. You’ll want some extra because were are going to do some different things with these.

  5. Toys or figurines – Depending on who/what you are creating a shrine to you’ll probably need some sort of character. For humans you might need action figures or wedding toppers. If you are creating an aquatic creature (or hybrids like mermaids) you’ll need fish, octopi, crabs, etc. Check out 2nd hand stores but also aquarium supply stores.

  6. Aves Apoxie Clay 1lb or more (3lbs would be ideal). What you can’t find we will fabricate with this stuff.

  7. Variety of other found objects that might be interesting additions to the shrines. Items like watch parts, gears, typewriter parts…. just about anything, really.

  8. Paint Brushes (a couple small detail brushes, and some cheap bristle brushes (1/2 inch to 1 inch in size)

  9. Wire a couple of different gauges

  10. Basic Tools…pliers, scissors,

  11. Acrylic Paint – any fine art brand will work but Kroma Acrylic paint offers a 10% discount to students.

    1. Transparent Red Oxide

    2. Black (Carbon)

    3. Titanium White

    4. Pthalo Blue

    5. Benzi Burnt Orange

    6. Pthalo Green

    7. Quinacridone Red

    8. Dioxazine Purple

    9. Nickel Azo Yellow

    10. Napthol Red

  12. Optional Paints

    1. Benzi Orange or Cadmium Orange

    2. Cobalt Teal

    3. Cadmium Lemon Yellow

  13. Adhesives.

    1. Dap Kwik Seal for kitchen and bath -White. Should say paintable or water base acrylic or latex.

    2. E6000

    3. Wood Glue

    4. Gorilla Glue original formula

  14. Tools.

    1. Heat gun

    2. Cheap Glue Gun

    3. Dremel with cut off wheel and engraving bit.

    4. A hand saw or wood cut off wheel attachment for the Dremel

    5. Drill with a 1/4” drill bit

1 1/4 inch wooden checkers

Pinwood Derby wheels 1 1/4 inch diameter