From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>
To: <PuppetCafe-AT-yahoogroups.com>,
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:25:47 -0400
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Subject: [Puptcrit] Building a Training puppet


Ok, I'm glad I put the word "a" as in "a training puppet.
re-reading me, I realise it may sound as thouhg there is a type of puppet 
made solely
for training puppeteer, when in my humble newbie opinion, one should learn 
with all forms of actual show-ready puppets.

Tonight I brought the puppet withme, to see a cabaret show(well hidden in my 
bag, no upstaging from me). Afterwards, I took it out, unsuspecting of the 
talent around me. Two people at the table picked it up without a word, and 
started making it move together. It was magical!

Turns out they had followed an introductory puppeteering course (probably 
the only in-school puppet course in Quebec, and I hear it is very good).
Doesn't take away their talent. They almost made me mad with their modesty. 
They were scenic technicians, and were almost apologising for their 
begginners skills, but they might as well have been pro puppeteers.

I'm glad they liked the puppet, and that I didn't hallucinate the fact that 
it moved "fairly good" even under my nervous hands.





Mathieu René Créaturiste
Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mathieu René" <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>
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Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 6:31 PM
Subject: [Puptcrit] Fw: Building a Training puppet


> Hiyall
> I made a tabletop rod puppet (is there a specif term for this one?) to 
> finetune my puppeteering as much as possible. Movement is smooth!
>
> See it here:
> http://www.magma.ca/~uubald/mani/
>
> It's a cheap car sponge(polyurethane foam), a shoelace, some dowels,  two 
> hex-nuts(weights in the feet), two small pins for eyes. I added patches of 
> fabric to make sure the puppet wont tear during violent movements. all is 
> assembled with hot-glue.
> Took under 30 minutes to make two puppets (I had to figure some things out 
> by playing with it).
>
> Questions are welcome, and will be answered with as much clarity as I can 
> articulate.
>
>
> Mathieu René Créaturiste
> Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
> Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
> creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
> www.creaturiste.com
> (514) 274-8027
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