{"id":2785,"date":"2014-07-12T10:59:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T23:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2018-07-30T18:29:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T07:29:22","slug":"giant-tony-abbot-puppet-liar-liar-pants-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2014\/07\/12\/giant-tony-abbot-puppet-liar-liar-pants-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Tony Abbott puppet: Liar, liar, pants on fire!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liar, liar, pants on fire! Giant Abbott puppet at Bust the Budget, Parliament House, Canberra, 6 July 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the last few weeks I’ve been involved with the making of a giant 3 metre tall protest puppet of the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, with the theme of\u00a0Liar, liar, pants on fire<\/em>. Matthew Armstrong, who came up with the concept, brought together the skills of a number of Canberra artists to make, assemble and perform the puppet within a pretty short timeframe. Thanks, too, to Dario Vacirca and Mark Timberlake from KneeHigh, now Open Space<\/a>, \u00a0in Adelaide who hired us the frame and advised us on various aspects.<\/p>\n

The Abbott puppet debuted at the Bust the Budget<\/em>\u00a0anti-austerity rally on an icy cold day at Parliament House, Canberra, on 6th July. Matthew is now improving the puppet in a number of ways, ready for more appearances.<\/p>\n

I made the head of the puppet from foam sheeting. Here are some photos of the process.<\/p>\n