Christmas elf
Posted in 2007, christmas elf, puppets, sculpture on Dec 5th, 2007
This little elf head was made for The Fool Factory. He plays a part in their Christmas entertainment shows. The head is made from paper mache and is about 10cm tall.
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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.
Drop bears
Posted in 2007, drop bears, floriade, masks, sculpture on Oct 10th, 2007
Two drop bear characters made for HighWire for roving entertainment at Foriade 2007, where the theme was Aussie icons.
Flickr photo gallery of making
Blog post: Beware the drop bears are, and she was
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:
A quick personal project made for fun. The snake is a couple of metres long and made from fur fabric offcuts.
Blog post: Msg: have snake
Replica Federation Skippet
Posted in 2007, federation skippet, props, sculpture on May 21st, 2007
During 2007 I made two replicas of the Victorian skippet (seal box) that is attached to the Australian Federation documents. They were made for the National Archives of Australia, and are used as hands-on items in the National Archives Charters of our Nation exhibition. I also cast small brooches of the lion and unicorn for [...]
These two little horses were props made for Jigsaw Theatre Company’s production Emma’s Dynasty. They are based on an earthenware Chinese Han Dynasty horse that is in the Australian National Gallery collection, but they are tiny in comparison, only 17 cm high at the head. They are made from armature wire and super sculpey, [...]
Set of flying ducks
Posted in 2007, flying ducks set, props on May 11th, 2007
A set of three flying ducks, props made for the Street Theatre’s production of 1 in A 100. These are made from craftboard, polystyrene and paper mache pulp.
Flickr photo gallery of making
Blog posts: Flying ducks; Flying ducks again
A suicide bomb prop made for the production With Prejudice by Aberrant Theatre in association with The Street Theatre. I also made a separating table cloth for this show.
Little Builders play boards
Posted in 2007 on Apr 5th, 2007
Two large boards painted with a simple version of the building plans of Old Parliament House. These were play boards for OPH’s Little Builders program (part of OPH’s 80th year anniversary celebrations), where children could play with blocks to build their version of Old Parliament House.