The Giant Cherry was made for The Fool Factory, and has annual gigs at the Young Cherry Festival in early December.
Category Archive for 'bodysuit'
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 [...]
Giant fruitbat
Posted in 2006, bodysuit, fruitbat, puppets on Feb 28th, 2006
A large Fruitbat character for roving entertainment, made for The Fool Factory. The Fool Factory designed and developed the articulated wing mech, skeleton and the head animatonics, which included eyes mechs from Studio Kite. I incorporated both into the overall making of the character. The wingspan is 6-7 metres, and he stands [...]
Previous portfolio images
Posted in 2005 & before, alien, banana, birds, bodysuit, butterflies, cat, clown, cow, dog, dragon, dummies, emu, floriade, flower, frog, funeral urns, goanna, goblin, hobbit, insects, koala, mango, marrotte, masks, ned kelly armour, octopus, pig, pirates, platypus, politicians, props, puppets, rabbits, rice grain, sculpture, shoes, skeletons, snake, snowman, softies, stilts, the lost thing, trolls on Oct 23rd, 2005
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Puppet making pictures from before November 2005:
Rock & Roll shoes
Month of softies – white rabbit, doll, recycled monsters, flowering gum, computer bug, sock monkey, goblin,
Poseable manikin puppets
Stencilled carpet
Marrotte – court jester’s marrotte
See Beneath – pirate girl, sea captain, masks, swimmer
Ned Kelly – armour
The Lost Thing – tram, [...]