This reindeer head was made for HighWire Events and Entertainment. It is made of light EVA foam sheeting and covered in fur fabric.
Flickr photo gallery of making
Category Archive for '2006'
The Moth Tree
Posted in 2006, dragon, illustration, insects, moth tree, oracles, props, puppets, sculpture, sets on Dec 9th, 2006
Designer and maker for Canberra Youth Theatre’s end of 2006 production, The Moth Tree: An Awesome Adventure. The play was developed in a collaborative process involving the group of 8 to 12 year olds.
The moth tree itself was made with a process of wrapping one of the heritage trees at Gorman House in clear [...]
The Giant Cherry was made for The Fool Factory, and has annual gigs at the Young Cherry Festival in early December.
Espresso coffee hats
Posted in 2006, coffee cup hats, floriade, props, sculpture on Oct 21st, 2006
Espresso coffee hats made for the performance art group A Bunch of Posers. They were first used for performances of the group Acappellacino at Floriade 2006. The hats are fashioned out of foam sheeting, muslin, dacron, paint and latex.
At Floriade:
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This large cross-section flower was made for CSIRO’s Division of Plant Industry, initially to be the centrepiece of their display at Floriade 2006 in Canberra. The flower stands about 180 cm tall. It is likely it is now in CSIRO’s Discovery Centre.
The petals are molded from felt that has been saturated in white [...]
Warehouse Circus: Carnivale Puppet Parade
Posted in 2006, bodysuit, floriade, puppets, stilts on Oct 9th, 2006
In late winter 2006 I lead workshops with a group of kids from the Warehouse Circus, collaboratively designing and helping them to make some big puppets for a carnivale puppet parade during Floriade. Robin Davidson was the artistic director, bringing together the eight characters the kids had proposed into a kazoo band. We used quite [...]
Dave Winer sculpture
Posted in 2006, dave winer, puppets, sculpture on Sep 22nd, 2006
This was a personal project, a large sculpture of Dave Winer, to reflect my appreciation for RSS, and Dave’s role in starting and developing it. My original intention was to make a large puppet for Web One Day, 22 September 2006, but for various reasons it didn’t eventuate.
Close-up detail of the paper mache [...]
Mainframe computer suit
Posted in 2006, computer suit on Jul 21st, 2006
This mainframe computer suit waistcoat was made for the theatre group A Bunch of Posers for a performance at an event that marked the closing down of the Australian Bureau of Statistics mainframe computer. Photos of the jacket and hat can be seen here.
Flickr photo gallery of whole suit and hat.
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A pair of extra large fairy-tale pink shoes for Jigsaw Theatre Company’s production, Big Sister Little Brother. Imogen Keen was the designer.
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Marquette for a large leafcutter ant sculpture (which never eventuated). It is 15cm long, made from wire, knead-it, and cardboard.
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