Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:26:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Dowell <moodooguru-AT-sbcglobal.net>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] New advanced sock puppets


These are very fun characters! I'm glad you are
finding ways to make puppets quickly. To be able to
translate ideas into a character is always a marvelous
feat, and is fun to do no matter how long it takes.
However, to have the option of a new way that offers
more spontenaity is a terrific discovery.


--- Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> wrote:

> Hi all.
> 
> I'm on my second generation of advanced sock
> puppets.
> I dare say "advanced", because that's what they are,
> compared to the regular sock puppets. Comfort, ease
> of use, versatily of expressions without the
> unpredicatability of the common mouthplate-less sock
> puppet. The skull shapes are also much less limited,
> since I've been using a hard partial skull inside,
> and a variety of mouthplate shapes and firmness
> levels. Closer to a Muppet-type, except that it is
> extremely fast and easy to make, and does not
> require sewing (it could include it if one wanted
> to).
> My mouthplates are all made of fun foam, only i use
> two types, depending on what stiffness I need. The
> stiffest is taken from foam pads for the floor, in
> the shape of squarish puzzle pieces. Often sold as
> pads for the playroom.
> 
> See the newborn puppets by scrolling down the page a
> little bit, it's the Tigrebleu and the pink
> worm-like alien thingy called Henrietta.
> Don't ask me where they get such strange names, I'm
> just the one writing down what they tell me it is.
> http://creaturiste.blogspot.com/
> 
> More written explanations next to the pics.
> Click on pics to enlarge and see better.
> 
> Comments and questions are welcome.
> 
> 
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