From: Widerman-AT-aol.com Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:36:53 EST To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Origami Puppet help Dear Michael, Your inquiry caused me to take a book off my shelf I haven't looked at in many years entitled "Folding Paper Puppets." It is written by puppeteers Shari Lewis and Lillian Oppenheimer. Of course Shari was a national TV celebrity, but Lillian will be remembered by many on this list. She was a puppeteer, storyteller, keeper of the Origami Center of America, hostess to legions of notable people passing through New York City, and most importantly, my dear friend and next door neighbor to my studio on Union Square. My theater began when she and her long-time performing partner Alice May Hall retired and graciously helped me start my own puppet theater at Union Square. If you can find the book somewhere, I am sure you will not be disappointed. Some of the folds are titled: Hungry Crow, Pecking Chicken, Eating Bird, Cat, Talking Fish, Snap Dragon, Pig, Fox and Flapping Bird. The illustrations and instructions for the folds are clear and concise, with several nice photographs of Shari as a bonus. I had always hoped that Shari Lewis would someday add her inscription to my copy next to Lillian's, but that never came to pass. Good luck finding a copy of this great book! -Steven-> In a message dated 12/18/2006 9:00:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mmoynihan-AT-wi.rr.com writes: There is an online video of a person making a puppet using origami. It is entitled a "muppet" not a "puppet", but it is not an origami representation of any of the Muppet characters, it is an origami puppet. When I watch it the audio is garbled. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/330181/paper_muppet/ I have tried to learn origami. Maybe teaching an old dog new tricks is not as possible as some pretend. Thus far I have mastered just one project, folding a dollar bill into a "bucK" badge. I'd like to be able to make a puppet like the one in the video. If any one is origami familiar and can point me to some online downloadable .pdf direction diagrams on how to create this origami puppet, I'd be grateful. Michael John Moynihan _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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