In 2008, Perth WA will host the 20th UNIMA Congress, Conference and International Puppetry Festival. A new website for the 20th Unima World Congress has just been launched, and over coming months it will be the focal point for new information about the development of this wonderful event.
Tag Archive 'puppetry puppets'
Foam construction puppet tutorial at Bear Town
Posted in make, puppetry, puppets, tutorial on Jun 4th, 2005
I’ve been enjoying PuppetVision Blog for a while now. Based in Toronto, Canada, it casts its net much wider, and looks at video and film puppetry.
PuppetVision’s blogger, Andrew, is also creating Bear Town, a web-based puppetry project. Part of the ‘behind the scenes’ information there is a step-by-step series of articles documenting the making of [...]
Rough cut bunraku puppets
Posted in make, portfolio, puppetry, puppets on Jun 3rd, 2005
I’m making some bunraku-style puppets at the moment. They are about 60cm tall. I’ve just got to the stage where they are more-or-less complete in construction and movement, but still rough in finish. This is a stage I love - there is something very aesthetically pleasing about it - and I think it would be [...]
Snuff Puppets: Nyet Nyet’s Picnic
Posted in creatures, puppetry, puppets, street theatre, theatre on May 18th, 2005
I wish I could be in Melbourne this weekend for Snuff Puppets‘ latest production, Nyet Nyet’s Picnic, which starts on Friday at Birrarung Marr on the banks of the Yarra.
In a collaboration between indigenous and non-indigenous artists, Nyet Nyet’s Picnic is a contemporary work that revives ancient stories from the dreamtime, and uses giant puppets, [...]
The deadline for the Unima 2008 logo competition has been extended to accommodate Tafe and other educational institution courses. The due date is now July 22nd, 2005. Details are otherwise as outlined here. Go to it!
The Unima congress and festival is held every four years, and in 2008 it is being held in Perth, [...]
Making of Nature Band Parade Puppets
Posted in design, make, puppetry, puppets, street art, street theatre on May 12th, 2005
Over at Puppetry Australia, Sean Manners has put together a pictorial account of the building of the parade puppets for Nature Band, a community puppet project that ran as part of the One Van Puppetry Festival earlier in the year, held in Blackheath in the Blue Mountains out of Sydney. The puppets, five yellow-tailed black [...]
Little Golden Books: Tibor Gergely
Posted in books, illustration on May 4th, 2005
The following illustration is by Tibor Gergely from the Little Golden Book ‘Houses’ by Elsa Jane Werner. I’m posting it as a comparison to the one by Richard Scarry in another Little Golden Book, ‘Cars and Trucks’, over at Wee Wonderfuls. There is an interesting discussion there about how in updates of the book that [...]
I had a lot of fun with April’s Month of Softies theme, recycled monsters; thanks, Claire. Firstly, please meet Patrick, who is channelling Patrick White:
And now Esmé (’don’t mess with me… I play bowls’):
They were made from an old bag and belt apiece, and Esmé has half an old cricket ball for a nose. There [...]
Puppetry Daemons in ‘His Dark Materials’
Posted in books, creatures, design, make, puppetry, puppets, theatre on Apr 18th, 2005
By all accounts the two-part 6 hour stage adaptation of Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials is absolutely stunning. I think it has had two seasons at the National Theatre in London: one in 2003, and a second that finished earlier this month.
The daemons, physical manifestations of the human soul in the shape of animals [...]
Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster is adopting a healthier diet, according to an article on CNN:
“Even Cookie Monster is learning to control his cookie cravings…. His sage advice opened our eyes to the simple joys of a tasty cookie and now reminds us that moderation is the key to healthy living.”
Sesame Street has always had an [...]