From: "morgan eckert" <meckert27-AT-hotmail.com> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:35:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] puppet noses i recently made a dog head puppet. and was struck when looking at photos how interesting a dogs nose is. i actually did pretty good using a simple and very cheap material called model magic (made by crayola). sculpted it into the right shape, then spray painted over it. the result was that very "wet" look that dog noses have, complete with tiny little pores from where the clay reacted to the paint. have fun! -morgan eckert >From: puptcrit-request-AT-puptcrit.org >Reply-To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Subject: puptcrit Digest, Vol 35, Issue 10 >Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:49:43 -0400 > >Send puptcrit mailing list submissions to > puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > puptcrit-request-AT-puptcrit.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > puptcrit-owner-AT-puptcrit.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of puptcrit digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: 20th Unima Congress and World Puppetry Festival (Faith Bishop) > 2. Re: Prop help...giant cauldron (Cary Tracy Pugh) > 3. Re: 20th Unima Congress and World Puppetry Festival > (melissa clark) > 4. SSP: new videos online (ayusaya) > 5. Re: SSP: new videos online (Mathieu Ren?) > 6. DragonCon lecture went well (Kathleen David) > 7. Re: 20th Unima Congress and World Puppetry Festival (Mathieu Ren?) > 8. Re: DragonCon lecture went well (Mary Robinette Kowal) > 9. (no subject) (teodor delciu) > 10. Re: Puppet Noses (Kathleen David) > 11. Bunraku in the Chicago area (Martin Holman) > 12. Re: Puppet Noses (Wayne Krefting) > 13. Re: Puppet Noses (Bill Jones) > 14. Re: Puppet Noses (puppetpro-AT-aol.com) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 14:45:15 -0400 >From: "Faith Bishop" <chiniguchi-AT-gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 20th Unima Congress and World Puppetry > Festival >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <p06240803c304a903c9fa-AT-[192.168.111.16]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" > >I got some pics of the UMano pups... > >They're not shrunk down, so I hope they get through okay. > >Enjoy! > >[Attachments: http://puptcrit.org/attachments/FaithBishop/enoch1.jpg > >http://puptcrit.org/attachments/FaithBishop/enochnme.jpg > >http://puptcrit.org/attachments/FaithBishop/readmind.jpg > >http://puptcrit.org/attachments/FaithBishop/sibasock.jpg ] > > > > >On 9/4/07, Mathieu Ren? ><<mailto:creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> wrote: > >Wowser! >This site is exceptionally beautiful! > >I see that Cabaret Decadance from Soma International will be performed >there. > >See it if you can, it's a very entertaining piece indeed. They have another >show, called Cabaret Umano, which is really the same but enhanced with >better and bigger puppets, more numbers, more daring, and more casts >(dancers join the puppeteers). It seems to have been developped for bigger >venues. I've seen both, prefer the latest, which I saw last year on a large >casino stage. Amazing visuals and chroregraphy. The puppets themselves are >truly impressive works of foam and efficient head mechanics: SEAMLESS >joints, even for the barelegged dancer puppets, which competed tiwht the >real dancer's legs. I could not see any seams at the knees. >Some of those puppets (if not all) are exposed foam, dyed. No real visible >glue line either, from what I saw. >Perhaps the glue they use takes the dyes easier. > >I'm still baffled as to how they did it. Eventually, I'll try to take a >private workshop with one of the few makers they hired for that larger >show, >whom I know from my puppeteer's association. Hopefully they were not sworn >to secrecy upon threat of death... > >I would not have guessed they were foam, but I saw them up close, and even >tried a few prototypes (Soma is a local Montreal company, and they lent the >prototypes to a puppetmaking class which I visited at their presentation >day). > > > >_______________________________________________ >List address: <mailto:puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Admin interface: ><http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit>http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >Archives: <http://www.driftline.org>http://www.driftline.org > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:02:20 -0700 >From: Cary Tracy Pugh <natasha-AT-frostbitefalls.com> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Prop help...giant cauldron >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <DDDC4D18-7E72-44E7-8779-3E864688F36F-AT-frostbitefalls.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed > >I made a giant caldron once and it turned out nice. I rolled sheet of >newspaper into coils and then used the coils like you would if you >were building a clay coil pot. I secured the with tape and then added >strips. I made a cornucopia the same exact way. > >-Cary > > > > > > > > >On Sep 3, 2007, at 9:37 AM, Mathieu Ren? wrote: > > > If I were to build such a lightweight cauldron, I'd probably make > > hundreds > > of one inch by "very long" strips of thin flexible cardstock, then > > join > > them all in the middle to make a "star", then curve and tape them > > together > > to form the cauldron shape. Kind of like a wireframe, but without > > the empty > > spaces. > > > > First layer of paper strips should be as dry as possible, to avoid > > warpage. > > When dry, add other layers in the other direction, and each layer > > can have > > its own direction. This will add strenght and reduce the step effect. > > > > Why try to get a perfectly smooth cauldron, when a subtle linear > > pattern > > could bring a touch of design? After all, those cauldrons were made > > in molds > > (I think), so anything goes. > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:12:04 -0400 (EDT) >From: melissa clark <maclark-AT-uga.edu> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 20th Unima Congress and World Puppetry > Festival >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <20070905161204.AZV93272-AT-punts5.cc.uga.edu> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Hi Bruce! >I'm living in New Orleans >working on some big puppets and making costumes, >among other things. > get in touch while you're here. > >504.273.9920 >mc > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:27:31 +0300 >From: ayusaya <ayusaya-AT-tellas.gr> >Subject: [Puptcrit] SSP: new videos online >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <46DF1133.3080504-AT-tellas.gr> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Dear friends and colleagues > >We uploaded a Low Res video recording of our FASOULIS at YouTUBE. >It is split in four parts and you can find it at >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzPPrNAFhVo (part 1) >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzw_SwpddIE (part 2) >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKwPtREeZlk (part 3) >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMClyziAhL0 (part 4) >FASOULIS is the greek brother of Punch, Pulchinella, Guignol etc. > >Also there is a short slideshow of past productions and creations at >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRfk2cibZ08 > >Alternatively you can simply type "ayusaya" at the search engine of >YouTube and you have them all. > >For more info about the company you can visit www.ayusaya.com > >please enjoy. > >Stathis > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:21:37 -0400 >From: Mathieu Ren? <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] SSP: new videos online >To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> >Message-ID: <002301c7f013$82574230$05000200-AT-critter1> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Fun Show! >Fun puppets! >I like the dynamism, the back and forth, the intensity of the puppets >movements. >The flowing costumes really add to the movement, expecially the long hat! >I like the supple wrists, they bring more expression. Are the hands made of >fabric? > >Thanks for sharing it with the world! > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:34:25 -0400 >From: Kathleen David <kathodavid-AT-mac.com> >Subject: [Puptcrit] DragonCon lecture went well >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <B2BB93DA-EE65-408A-A8ED-044CF130A12E-AT-mac.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > >A big THANK YOU! to the list for your help. I had a packed room and >it went very well. > >A bonus was that I met two of the actors/puppeteers who have operated/ >performed with the mobil Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker that has been >performing at various Disney properties. so I learned more about how >that worked and some the problems they encountered. > >Kath > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:44:36 -0400 >From: Mathieu Ren? <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 20th Unima Congress and World Puppetry > Festival >To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> >Message-ID: <004501c7f01f$1a0731c0$05000200-AT-critter1> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Neat! Thanks for sharing those. > >The "readmind" picture is of one of three such puppets performing on the >song "If you Could Read My mind" the pop version. they got great moves! > >The sibas sock puppet is amazingly simple, yet amazingly great on stage. >His >number on the song "Where Do I begin?" is great. It's very self-referencial >for a puppet, and he pushes it very far with his puppeteers. I belive this >number is present in both versions of the show. > >Poor Enoch Turcotte (puppeteer), the camera flash really twisted his >features, I wouln't have recognised him. >Ah, then dangers of allowing backstage pics. >LoL > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 8 >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:40:27 -0400 >From: "Mary Robinette Kowal" <mary-AT-maryrobinettekowal.com> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] DragonCon lecture went well >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: > <b69ffc000709051740t7e64906el6a1a327f7fa3b261-AT-mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >oooo! Do tell. > >Mary Robinette >-- >Mary Robinette Kowal >http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com > >On 9/5/07, Kathleen David <kathodavid-AT-mac.com> wrote: > > A big THANK YOU! to the list for your help. I had a packed room and > > it went very well. > > > > A bonus was that I met two of the actors/puppeteers who have operated/ > > performed with the mobil Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker that has been > > performing at various Disney properties. so I learned more about how > > that worked and some the problems they encountered. > > > > Kath > > _______________________________________________ > > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 9 >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 18:21:05 -0700 (PDT) >From: teodor delciu <teodor_delciu-AT-yahoo.com> >Subject: [Puptcrit] (no subject) >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <670437.85783.qm-AT-web90312.mail.mud.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >Dear Puptcriters, > I am attempting to build two marionettes and looking for cheap carving >wood (basswood or linden). As you are a great info-source of this kind, I >hope you could direct me to some suppliers (New York City area). >Thank you very much! > > >--------------------------------- >Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, >news, photos & more. > >------------------------------ > >Message: 10 >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 22:46:46 -0400 >From: Kathleen David <kathodavid-AT-mac.com> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet Noses >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <EA2E5713-E92A-4F1D-AC6B-DEB66D5FC08F-AT-mac.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > >Phillip- >I never thought of using a belt sander and it would solve some >problems for me. > > Most of my puppets are fleece and foam or fabric and foam or fur >and foam. > >For animal noses I use a shiny leather or vinyl to give the nose the >"wet" look > For monsters I tend to use fleece over foam shaped or make the nose >shape and stuff it with fiber fill. >For "humans" I tend to make the foam nose and then cover it with cloth. > >Kath >On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:42 PM, Muppets101 wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I thought this would be a fun topic to start. What is your method > > of making > > a puppet nose? > > I usually start with a 3 to 4 inch square of foam, rough out the > > desired > > shape and sand with > > A belt sander. > > > > Phillip. > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 11 >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 21:51:22 -0500 >From: "Martin Holman" <jmartinholman-AT-gmail.com> >Subject: [Puptcrit] Bunraku in the Chicago area >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: > <7413040b0709051951q44c222f8sf9632b516eaa0686-AT-mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >News about the National Bunraku Theater at Northwestern University and >University of Illinois--and more . . . > >After a long (and strange) delay, the details for the performance at >Northwestern University of the National Bunraku Theater of Japan have been >released. The performance is scheduled for Monday, October 8. Information >is >available at the following URL: > >http://bunrakumidwest.com/ > >I understand that the show at the University of Illinois on Saturday, >October 6 sold out a couple of days after they went on sale last month. > >If you can't get tickets to one of the performances by the National Bunraku >Theater in the Chicago area, may I humbly--VERY HUMBLY--invite you to enjoy >an evening of traditional Japanese puppet theater by Bunraku Bay Puppet >Troupe at the Assembly Hall in the International House at the University of >Chicago at 6:30 PM on October 3. (We are not the National Theater--but >then, >our tickets don't cost $70 either.) > >We will be joined in our performance by a chanter, a samisen player, and >two >puppeteers from the 300-year-old Imada Puppet Troupe of Iida in Nagano >Prefecture in central Japan. We will be performing the celebratory opening >piece, the Sanbaso, as well as Yaoya Oshichi (the story of a fire tower and >young girl in love--a version of which he National Theater is also >performing on tour this year) and Hidakagawa Iriaizakura, in which a grumpy >boatman and a faithless lover drive a jealous young woman into a demonic >rage. > >Info at the following URL: http://ceas.uchicago.edu/bunraku/ > >Thanks, > >Marty >______________________ >J. Martin Holman >Coordinator, Japanese Studies Program >Director, Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe >443 General Classroom Building >University of Missouri >Columbia, MO 65211 > >Tel. (573) 882-3368 holmanma-AT-missouri.edu >Japanese Studies Program: http://japanesestudies.missouri.edu >Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe: http://www.bunraku.org > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 12 >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 22:15:22 -0500 >From: "Wayne Krefting" <thatpuppetguy-AT-q.com> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet Noses >To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> >Message-ID: <BAY113-DAV13285ECE1299E3A151CBFBB2C40-AT-phx.gbl> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >It really depends on the character: sculpted foam (in a variety of shapes) >covered with latex is a favorite, as is Sculpy and related materials. >Wayne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kathleen David<mailto:kathodavid-AT-mac.com> > To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org<mailto:puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:46 PM > Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet Noses > > > Phillip- > I never thought of using a belt sander and it would solve some > problems for me. > > Most of my puppets are fleece and foam or fabric and foam or fur > and foam. > > For animal noses I use a shiny leather or vinyl to give the nose the > "wet" look > For monsters I tend to use fleece over foam shaped or make the nose > shape and stuff it with fiber fill. > For "humans" I tend to make the foam nose and then cover it with cloth. > > Kath > On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:42 PM, Muppets101 wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I thought this would be a fun topic to start. What is your method > > of making > > a puppet nose? > > I usually start with a 3 to 4 inch square of foam, rough out the > > desired > > shape and sand with > > A belt sander. > > > > Phillip. > > > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org<mailto:puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> > Admin interface: >http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit<http://lists.puptcritorg/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit> > Archives: http://www.driftline.org<http://www.driftline.org/> > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 13 >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:36:32 -0700 >From: Bill Jones <wsjones-AT-basingstoke.org> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet Noses >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <p06240805c30525afad02-AT-[4.243.164.64]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > >I often use several layers of acrylic paint over carved or soft >sculpture shapes...but I stipple the paint with a piece of foam >rubber...this gets rid of brush strokes...and gives it a suede look. > >Bill > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 14 >Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:49:33 -0400 >From: puppetpro-AT-aol.com >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet Noses >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <8C9BE9B81E803E8-DF8-41B2-AT-FWM-D39.sysops.aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > When I want that shine of latex I will dip foam in neoprene. I've also >used fabric strips dipped in neoprene to coat foam sculptures. It has the >lightness of foam, the strength of neoprene and the texture of whatever >fabric you use. You can paint it however you like. > >Rolande Duprey >Purple Rock Productions > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Wayne Krefting <thatpuppetguy-AT-q.com> >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Sent: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 11:15 pm >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet Noses > > > > > > > > > > >It really depends on the character: sculpted foam (in a variety of shapes) >covered with latex is a favorite, as is Sculpy and related materials. >Wayne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kathleen David<mailto:kathodavid-AT-mac.com> > To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org<mailto:puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:46 PM > Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet Noses > > > Phillip- > I never thought of using a belt sander and it would solve some > problems for me. > > Most of my puppets are fleece and foam or fabric and foam or fur > and foam. > > For animal noses I use a shiny leather or vinyl to give the nose the > "wet" look > For monsters I tend to use fleece over foam shaped or make the nose > shape and stuff it with fiber fill. > For "humans" I tend to make the foam nose and then cover it with cloth. > > Kath > On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:42 PM, Muppets101 wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I thought this would be a fun topic to start. What is your method > > of making > > a puppet nose? > > I usually start with a 3 to 4 inch square of foam, rough out the > > desired > > shape and sand with > > A belt sander. > > > > Phillip. > > > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org<mailto:puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> > Admin interface: >http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit<http://lists.puptcritorg/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit> > Archives: http://www.driftline.org<http://www.driftline.org/> >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - >http://mail.aol.com > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >Archives: http://www.driftline.org > >End of puptcrit Digest, Vol 35, Issue 10 >**************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Test your celebrity IQ. Play Red Carpet Reveal and earn great prizes! http://club.live.com/red_carpet_reveal.aspx?icid=redcarpet_hotmailtextlink2 _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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