Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 11:33:07 -0700
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Need eye-making advice (resin and mechanics)


Hi All,

"Less is More", Never having been a technologist 
I still relish making the simplest puppet . 
Making  it live is the icing on the cake. Remo 
Bufano made very crude puppets (as my father told 
me) but when he held them aloft and provided a 
voice and movement  that was spell binding, 
articulated parts were unnecessary. Puppetry is 
theater after all and should take you to places 
unknown. Lest we forget Puppetry is 55% illusion 
(if not more).

Bruce K. Chessé

>Hi Mathieu,
>
>That means, I'm not impressed with the technological work being 
>presented here.  It's mostly rehashed technology from the 1800's.  
>Crude tools and results.
>
>Advancing may mean working with a machinist who has the tools and the 
>knowledge to animate things.  Performers should concentrate on 
>performing (scripts, music, bookings, etc).  Technologists should 
>concentrate on bettering the mechanics (lighter, smaller, better, 
>cheaper).
>
>It's not just my approach.  This is the Henson method.  Their 
>performers rarely take part in constructing or maintaining the 
>puppets.  Performers have a voice in the construction, just don't 
>actually run the lathes, etc.
>
>It's team work.  Upfront, It may be more expensive, but your 
>audiences will notice the difference.
>
>-Jim
>
>http://www.animalmakers.com
>http://www.bouldproductions.com
>http://www.animal-channel.com
>
>
>
>On May 9, 2006, at 11:41 PM, Mathieu René wrote:
>
>>>>  Yikes,
>>>
>>>  All I can say to the responses I continually see in the "how to make
>>>  eyes" category.
>>>
>>>  hmmmm....
>>>
>>>  -Jim
>>
>>
>>  What do you mean?
>>
>>
>>
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