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 > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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