The Puppet Kitchen on ABC news
Awesome! My friends at the Puppet Kitchen were on ABC news this week. Check it out. See! Saying things like “Pass me an eyeball” is perfectly natural.
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The Puppet Kitchen
A varied day
Today was one of those days that looked like I had nothing on the calendar and then I was out of the apartment all day. I started with breakfast and tea with a friend, then trotted off to the Puppet Kitchen to show some of the saw players I met this weekend around. From there
Again with the elevator
I got stuck in the elevator again today. Â Granted, it wasn’t long this time, but I did just sort of start laughing. Â I was heading out to go to the Puppet Kitchen and decided to drop the trash off in the basement on my way. Â The thing about the basement is that there’s not
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Twitters for 10-17-08
07:15 At the puppet kitchen, treating the wood witch’s arms to look like tree branches instead of aluminum and dowels. # 08:27 Hands are sculpted. I’ve restricted the elbows so they don’t spin around like a zombie’s. # 08:43 Adding strips of mache to the arms to give a treebark texture. I’m getting a little
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Twitters for 10-16-08
00:46 Back at the Puppet Kitchen and doing cleanup. I got to paint tonight, which makes me feel good. Painting and sculpting are my favorite bits. # 13:51 I’m watching the debate, which I missed last night. I’m struck by the fact that when McCain misrepresents something, Obama smiles. # 13:54 Huh. Just noticed that
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Stone witch face
The third witch is supposed to look as if she’s made of stone. I began with blue foam and roughed it out as if I were actually carving stone. The clay on the face is to give an example of what she would look like if she were wearing a mud mask as a disguise.
Twitters for 10-15-08
01:35 I just finished macheing the stone witch’s head and am cleaning up to head for home. I think tomorrow I get to paint. Yay! # 13:40 They are testing the fire alarm in the building. We are not amused. How long does it take, really, to figure out that, yes, it makes noise. #
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KGB tonight
If you are going to KGB tonight and are curious about the puppets I’ve been working on, let me know. The Puppet Kitchen is also on 4th, mere blocks from the bar. I’ll be heading back to work afterwards.
Woodwitch construction
The Woodwitch is supposed to look like she’s gathered a bunch of sticks and built herself out of them. I did a technical sketch on the large drawing of her and then dived in. This is the shoulder yoke. After cutting out the shape on the bandsaw, I drilled two holes for the support poles.
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Twitters for 10-13-08
01:19 It is never completely comfortable to be alone in a building, to know that one is alone, and to hear something fall over. # 01:34 I think I’ve hit the point of diminishing returns. Time for me to head for home. # 02:36 I was writing to someone and started to type, “my friend”
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Fog witch grip, shoulders and elbows
These puppets at their base, are rod puppets, mostly with internal rods. What you’re looking at here is the grip and shoulder bar of the fog witch. The grip is the bit that looks like a ray gun. Now, normally, I wouldn’t have the shoulders above the grip, but in her case, her head is
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The next project: MacBeth
I’ve started a new project, building the three witches for MacBeth. Yay! No dead dogs! This is for the Puppet Kitchen with Michael Schupbach designing. It looks like it’s going to be a fun gig and I’ve got full permission to post process shots as we go. Today wasn’t very exciting in terms of having
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