{"id":107,"date":"2005-06-03T22:33:55","date_gmt":"2005-06-03T22:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/?p=107"},"modified":"2015-08-12T15:05:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T04:05:57","slug":"rough-cut-bunraku-puppets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/06\/03\/rough-cut-bunraku-puppets\/","title":{"rendered":"Rough cut bunraku puppets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m making some bunraku-style puppets at the moment. They are about 60cm tall. I&#8217;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 &#8211; there is something very aesthetically pleasing about it &#8211; and I think it would be really interesting to use them unfinished in a play. I always almost regret having to finish them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-3-e1439352090894.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3318\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/06\/03\/rough-cut-bunraku-puppets\/bunraku-style-puppets-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-3-e1439352090894.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1117805172&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.1875&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bunraku-style puppets-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-3-e1439352090894.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3318\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-3-e1439352090894.jpg\" alt=\"Bunraku-style puppets-3\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are moving really nicely:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-1-e1439352189503.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3316\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/06\/03\/rough-cut-bunraku-puppets\/bunraku-style-puppets-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-1-e1439352189503.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1117805237&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.1875&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bunraku-style puppets-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-1-e1439352189503.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3316\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-1-e1439352189503.jpg\" alt=\"Bunraku-style puppets-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few other pics of them below: the woman, the man, bending. Now I have to paint their faces, forearms and hands and the woman&#8217;s leg and foot; and dress them.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/06\/03\/rough-cut-bunraku-puppets\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-107 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/06\/03\/rough-cut-bunraku-puppets\/bunraku-style-puppets\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3319\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/06\/03\/rough-cut-bunraku-puppets\/bunraku-style-puppets\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1117804893&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17.59375&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bunraku-style puppets\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/06\/03\/rough-cut-bunraku-puppets\/bunraku-style-puppets-make\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-make-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3315\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/06\/03\/rough-cut-bunraku-puppets\/bunraku-style-puppets-make\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-make.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1117804633&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.6875&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bunraku-style puppets make\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-make.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/06\/03\/rough-cut-bunraku-puppets\/bunraku-style-puppets-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"3317\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2005\/06\/03\/rough-cut-bunraku-puppets\/bunraku-style-puppets-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1117804902&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17.59375&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bunraku-style puppets-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/Bunraku-style-puppets-2.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m making some bunraku-style puppets at the moment. They are about 60cm tall. I&#8217;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 &#8211; there is something very aesthetically pleasing about it &#8211; and I think it would be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20,92,4,14],"tags":[263,1391,1371,179],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-make","category-portfolio","category-puppetry","category-puppets","tag-bunraku","tag-design","tag-make","tag-puppetry-puppets"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paZhI-1J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3328,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/3328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}