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Short bits for May 4th, 2009

03:19 Waiting for the shuttle to the airport. I’m tired from having fun this weekend and also fromthe bleakness of this hotel. # 04:00 Wow. I allowed waaaaaaaay too much time to get to the airport and through security. Did get to use the nifty e-pass again. # 05:42 Bizarre. TSA was pulling people out […]

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Coraline mask

Bill Schafer, at Subterranean Press, realized that he wanted to send out one other Coraline thank you. We couldn’t do another doll, because we had said that there would only be three of them. So I suggested a Coraline mask. I started by scaling up the pattern from the doll. Basically, I scanned the small

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Doggone it all

When I do a bid on a puppet, mechanisms are the most expensive part. They are fiddly things and no matter how many times you’ve built something similar, each puppet is radically different. This dog puppet, which I’m creating ears for, technically has four mechs in it since each ear is capable of two movements.

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Ahem

As Gigi says, irresistible silliness. My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Entirely Miss Reverend Lady Mary the Coherent of Kirkby Overblow Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

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A new jaw

The jaw is creating two problems; it’s contributing to the ventilation issue, because it’s solid fiberglass, so is providing a shelf that the actor’s breath bounces against, shooting it up against the eyes. It’s also not fitting one of the actors well. This bear needs to be able to fit multiple people which provides challenges,

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Ventilation

We’ve discovered that the bear has ventilation issues. I was worried about the heat buildup in the mask before I left, but it turns out that is only part of the problem. We have more of an issue with fogging in the eyes. If you’ll recall, the eyes are made of sunglasses and the mask,

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Giant ball

Today I worked a giant ball of stuff. I have such a glamorous job, don’t you think? The mayor needed to pull a giant ball of stuff out of the back of a car. So one puppeteer had the Mayor, someone else was working the arms, which left me with the giant ball of stuff.

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Live hands

I was on set all day today being the live hands for one of the characters. It was wonderful and exhausting. Being back at work feels great, but it means lots of poses that would make a yoga master wince. Fortunately I only seem to be facing standard fatigue and show no signs of trouble

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Throwing the Lollipop

I seem to spend a lot of time throwing things when I’m on set. This morning I had to throw a lollipop straight up. It kept going a little to the side. Try it. Put your hand over your head, and then try to throw something straight up. Now, do it without looking. Last night

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