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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
Display software: ArchTracker © Malgosia Askanas, 2000-2005