Hilary Talbot’s passing interests and activities
Posted in creatures, make, portfolio, props, puppetry, puppets, sculpture, theatre on Jan 24th, 2008
I’m starting to get fond of the little elephant that I have been making over the last few days. That’s always a good sign.
He can do tricks! And now has cool trunk to look down modestly while trying to pretend he isn’t a Brave and Clever Elephant.
I have to set him aside to finish in […]
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 […]
Posted in make, puppetry, puppets, street theatre on Nov 3rd, 2007
A thread on Star Wars Crafts documents the making of a cool giant Jabba the Hutt parade puppet. This photo is from about midway through the process, before it is skinned. It’s made from all kinds of things that I am very familiar with working with - mattress foam, irrigation pipe, tons of hot […]
The Eye of Sauron goes off to a villian’s party!
Posted in craft, creatures, design, make, puppetry, puppets on Aug 15th, 2007
Raggy Rat has made a couple of beautiful marine-themed puppets for Portland’s Seafest: a cuttlefish and a tompot blenny.
There are some great photos and commentary on the making process here. I love the mixing of different types of fabric, and the wool in particular reminds me of Mimi’s use of wools. I’m looking forward to […]
My friend Lynda would like to know seven strange things about me… Thanks, Lynda.
I disliked dolls as a child, but loved teddy bears and other animal toys. My favourite was a panda I was given when I was about 4. I was fluent in Panda talk. Another favourite was a little German-made bear that I […]
Dragon is a beautiful animation ad made for United Airlines. It’s made using paper cut-out stop-motion puppets, and you can see the process and team, lead by director, Jamie Caliri, in The Making of Dragon. Caliri also directed the ending animation for Lemony Snicket.
(via Lines and Colours)
(photo credit: Ella Misso)
This very cool cockroach puppet, made by my friend Ella Misso, looks as if it could come straight out of some Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers trip! Incidentally, here is a pilot of a proposed clay-animation film adaptation of the Freak Brothers.
Posted in creatures, make, puppetry, puppets, sculpture, video on Jun 6th, 2007
John Cox’s exhibition How to Make a Monster has been travelling around Australia for some time now, and at present it’s at the Scienceworks Museum in Melbourne until mid July. John’s work became known with his making of the animal cast in Babe, but he has since been involved in many movies, including Crocodile Dundee […]
Whipped up yesterday from materials at hand, as a surprise for my eldest’s jungle party.