File puptcrit/puptcrit.0712, message 181


Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:18:51 -0500
From: Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Foam Puppet Making Adventure!


Mathieu, 
You make me jealous! I would love to go to a workshop up there. Merry
Christmas everyone...I am off to see Lion King this week.

Mary Horsley


On 12/24/07 1:15 AM, "Mathieu René" <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> wrote:

> Hi all.
> 
> I'm just back from a wonderful adventure in foam and fabric patterning.
> For a week and a half, I answered fellow Puptcrit member Brad Shur' s call for
> collaborators to help him finish some mascots for his customer.
> 
> First, let me tell you this: if you get the chance, hire this guy!
> Not only is he very good with the techniques (patternmaking for foam and
> fabrics, choosing the right materials, experiementing),  he's fun to work
> with/for! Thanks for everything, Brad!
> 
> Finally working on a large enough project to really get the feel of foam and
> fabrics, I was able to understand what I was lacking in foam puppetmaking. I
> already have ideas bouncing around in my head,  to create my own puppets and
> big costume pieces out of foam and other "patternable" materials.
> 
> I was also very excited and grateful to finally work with the elusive fabric
> called Antron Fleece.
> The stuff is amazing, to say the least. Too bad it's harder to find nowadays,
> and not in all it's varieties.
> 
> On my trip back to Montreal, I had a three hour wait at the Boston bus
> terminal, so I had the inspiration to go outside and take a walk to see stuff
> (instead of satying with the voluntary zombies), despite my heavy and massive
> luggage arrangement. I was not disapointed. Downtown Boston was very friendly
> to me, I'd love to go back in the summer, and see more. Like someone in the
> Bus said, "Boston has all the advantages of the Big city, but with the feel of
> a small town. Every bus station leads to what feels like another city." I
> wouldn't know personally about the stations, but from my walk in Chinatown,
> the Leather District, Summer Street, and the area close to the Boston Opera, I
> can believe it! Is there any special puppet place or company I should
> definitely visit on my next trip to Boston?
> 
> PS:
> The project being a rush, we had no time to visit or socialise, but I was
> fortunate enough to see a window display of the puppets from the performance
> company Big NASO, based in Providence, RI. Their creations are VERY impressive
> in person, their use of foam is unusual and very organic in shape and texture
> (latex finish). My favorite is the Brimp, I Think.:
> http://www.bignazo.com/assets/imgs/2006/pp/index.php
> 
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