A pair of huge jockey boots, made for The Fool Factory for Melbourne Cup Day entertainment. They are shaped out of sheet foam and covered in fabric, and are stilt boots.
Category Archive for 'stilts'
Butterflies
Posted in 2007, butterflies, insects, masks, sculpture, stilts on Aug 26th, 2007
These two butterfly character heads and wings were made for The Fool Factory.
Thanks to The Fool Factory for these two photos, taken at Canberra Day 2008 celebrations in Commonweatlth Park:
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 [...]
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, [...]