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Tag Archive 'horses'

Warhorse: in pictures

Posted in creatures, make, puppetry, puppets, review, theatre on Jan 21st, 2008

Warhorse, showing at the National Theatre in London, has some absolutely stunning life-size horse puppets, designed and made by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler from the South African Handspring Puppet Company.
Made of cane and gauze, plywood and bicycle brake-cable, nylon cord and leather, they are moved from the inside by actors, who can clearly be […]

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All the wild little horses

Posted in craft, make, materials, portfolio, props, sculpture, theatre, tutorial on May 31st, 2007

I loved making these two little horses recently for an up-coming theatre production, Emma’s Dynasty, by Jigsaw Theatre Company. They are based on an earthenware Chinese Han Dynasty horse that is here in the Australian National Gallery collection, but they are tiny in comparison, only 17 cm high at the head. I really like […]

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