I remembered yesterday that the tip about storing marionettes by twirling them so the strings twist up together (in the comments under my last post) came from a lovely book called The Magic of Marionettes by Anne Masson. It was given to one of my kids, but I got a great deal out of it […]
Monthly Archive for January, 2006
Simple rods puppets from recycled materials
Posted in make, materials, puppetry, puppets, tutorial on Jan 27th, 2006
These are two simple rod puppets which were made by my son when he was about 8, at a workshop that I was involved with.
The materials were recycled bits and pieces. The basic pattern was a plastic bottle for a body; a stuffed sock for the head; cardboard tubes running through the bottle neck for […]
Starting and finishing
Posted in miscellaneous, puppetry, puppets on Jan 25th, 2006
I was thinking today about how we go about starting and finishing things. It’s kind of curious and fascinating, don’t you think? How do we decide exactly what to do first, and how do we know when to stop?
This was prompted because I’ve started a new project in the last few days. I’m making a […]
Love
Posted in photographs on Jan 20th, 2006
On the back of a door in the women’s toilet in a roadhouse just outside Balranald, NSW:
Taking the plunge
Posted in photographs on Jan 19th, 2006
There ought to be a word for the reticence I feel about jumping back into the online world after some time away. It’s so strange, because I mostly love the online life, and I am brimful of things I want to blog about. So to break the ice, here is an early morning photo from […]