From: "Kismet" <kismet-AT-bigpond.net.au>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:03:13 +1000
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Creating shadow puppets using polycarbonate


I think we had a similar discussion recently which prompted me to explore an 
idea....clear polycarbonate sheeting cut to the outline and then using 
photoshop and a cheap vinyl cutter (mine cost $200 US) to cut the details 
out in black vinyl and stick to the polycarbonate. The tests have proved 
really interesting and I now have three months to make 17 one and a half 
metre high shadow puppets for "Rama's Journey"... a "sound bite" 
presentation of the Ramayana. ( 60 minutes instead of 19 hours!!!! with a 
full 30 piece Gamalen and five Dalangs with an English Narrator) Ill let you 
know how it goes.
(You could always take you artwork on a disc to the local signwriters and 
ask them to cut the vinyl out on their pro-cutters that can cut up to 2 
metres wide...mine only cuts 400mm)

D. 

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