In 1993 I went to the National Puppetry Festival in San Fransisco and saw the Shadow Theatre Budrugana from Georgia. (That’s the country of Georgia, not the state.) Now, I’d seen shadows before, but this was a troupe of hand shadow puppeteers. Everything in their shows was produced by shadows of human hands. Nothing I’ve […]
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Yesterday was one of those wacky days where all of my jobs collided. I had stuff to write, props to shop for and, of course, a show. Jodi and I were performing as part of The Puppet Playlist, which explores the music of one performer through puppets and cover tunes. Last time it was Tom
The blind man and the dancing bear. Read More »
Augh! The cuteness, it burns! What was I thinking? Might as well paint a rainbow on its tummy and call it done. Speaking of tummy, I am very pleased with the fact that it’s a beachball and I used the inflation point as the belly-button.
I needed to make two puppets, a “dancing bear” and a blind man, for a show that Jodi Eichelberger and I are doing at the Puppet Playlist. To begin with, I did a drawing to get relative scale of the things I was building. I’ll usually be a lot tighter with drawings than this, but
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Today was fairly quiet. Rob had to work at the winery for the spring harvest, but just a partial day. We wandered up to the farmer’s market and then did a little bit of shopping for a show I’m working on. I tried calling my mom to wish her a happy mother’s day but she
Brief recap of rhubarb pies and dancing bears. Read More »