01:32 Taking a break for ice cream sandwiches. # 01:47 Back to making the collar of bones for Hecate. # 02:28 My friends in the same studio have just made the most beautiful dragon puppet. The thing is thirty feet long. Gooooorgeous. # 06:16 Heading for home. My parents arrive at noon for the weekend. […]
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03:20 Installing fog witch’s head on the mechanism. # 04:05 Braiding crowns. # 04:10 Beginning to paint the fog witch. Have I mentioned that the painting is my favorite part? # 06:11 Finished with painting the fog witch head. I’m starting the costume now. # 09:19 Finished the fog witch’s costume. I’m putting gold glitter
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01:44 It looks like we’ve managed to salvage the fog witch’s head. We cast it today in papier mache and, with a little rebuilding, it looks fine. # 17:21 Whew. The gun repair was only $300. I was worried it would be pushing a thousand. # 18:53 Making a Pict helmet. # 20:38 I’m sanding
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This is an amazing resource. The Center for Puppetry Arts, where I intered lo these many years ago, has opened a virtual puppetry museum which has 91% of their collection online. I can’t tell you what an amazing thing this is. I remember spending hours in the museum when I was there. It didn’t matter
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Scott Westerfeld does the math on the economy of the U.S. under Republican vs. Democrat control. Since World War II the Democrats have been overwhelmingly better at running the economy. Hands down, case closed, beyond any statistical doubt. They’ve borrowed less money, created more wealth and opportunity, and left the next generation in better shape.
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00:08 So that thing I was doing instead of dealing with the mold? I’ve now cut my hand & broken the grip I was building, just before finishing. [1. It was a shallow cut and I’m fine, it was just aggravating.] # 00:08 Today = not good. # 00:14 For those keeping score? This is why
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I’ve been reading Juliette Wade’s blog for some time now. She’s a linguist and anthropologist who also writes SF. Her insights in to culture are well-written and uniformly insightful. I look forward to her posts. Today’s post is called, .Don’t make them all the same and deals with different approaches to creating multi-cultural fantasy characters.
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I don’t know about you, but I need a break from my angst.
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I’m going to try to use an analogy to explain how frustrating it is when you are working on a puppet and it breaks right before you finish. Imagine that you are almost finished with a short story or novel, you’ve been very careful and been backing it up as you go. Something goes wrong
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00:31 The stone witch is assembled with the basecoat of paint on her. I’m starting the detail paint now. Whee! # 02:29 Putting the dress on the stone witch. By George, I think she’s nearly finished. # 03:26 Stringing beads for the stone witch’s necklace. # 03:46 I’m cleaning up and heading for home. Tomorrow
Charles Tan at Bibliophile Stalker did an interview with me that covers some new ground with questions such as, “What aspects of your storytelling cravings does puppetry satiate? How about fiction? Are there any areas where they overlap?” Check it out; it was fun to do.
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I carry a bottle of water around with me, but it’s the same leach-free bottle that I’ve had for months. I wash it out and fill it with tap water instead of buying bottled water while I’m out in the city. Not only does it save money, it also limits the amount of plastic entering
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I just wanted to thank you guys for being patient with me. The puppets are due on Tuesday and hopefully I’ll have time and brain power for posting more than twitters by then. 03:25 Calling it a night and heading for home. # 13:52 Rob made pancakes. Mm. We’re listening to Madama Butterfly and then
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If you are interested in helping out at the Puppet Kitchen tomorrow, we need two volunteers from 11:00-3:00. We’ll feed you lunch, but it is otherwise volunteer labor. Drop me a line for more details.
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