To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:52:42 -0800
Subject: [Puptcrit] flaming puppets


As a puppeteer and 10 year participant of Burnig Man I must confess that the 
fire option finally got under my skin this past year. I created a 3' tall 
flaming marionette made of clothes hanger wire threaded through the middle 
of kevlar rope which acts as a wick for fuel. The control is made of 
aluminum flatstock and the strings are braided steel downrigger line for 
fishing. As a first generation puppet this unit is still relatively 
primitive especially in the use of fuel.
I started off using lamp oil which allows for a 4 minute flame with 3/4" 
rope but also needs an accellerant (acetone) to get it lit, and does not 
support a consistent sized flame for the entire 4 minutes, necessitating the 
thoughtful use of protective garb for the puppeteer.
My next experiment with this puppet will be the use of a homemade type of 
napalm which should keep the flame lower for a longer period of time and 
give a better sense of definition to the puppet. You can view an example of 
this puppet as a part of a video on my website: www.beaupromo.com. It is in 
the Gallery section labeled "ripping the lid off traditional puppetry".
As a footnote to this development I have also adapted a Limberjack puppet 
from a Jim Bartz workshop to operate in a similar manner with similar 
results regarding use of lamp oil.
That project was a lot of fun since it didn't require a lot of work and can 
be viewed on Youtube by typing beaupromopuppetry in the suject box.
Compared to my standard marionettes the fire puppets represent a cutting 
edge approach for me that is very exciting but also comes with the caveat 
that fire safety practices are ALWAYS strictly adhered to even in a 
rehearsal setting. All performances take place out of doors with the 
presence close by of an individual armed with a large piece of duvateen 
fabric for emergencies and snuffing out the remaining flames at the end of a 
performance.

Bernie Beauchamp
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>   1. Wood carving videos (one more) (Mathieu Ren?)
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>   3. Re: 2009 (Robert Rogers)
>   4. Re: 2009 (Hobey Ford)
>   5. Re: 2009 (Brad Shur)
>   6. Re: 2009 (Mc Arthur Terrance)
>   7. Fw: Cementex Latex Freedom 100 - Ammonia Free (Robert Rogers)
>   8. Re: 2009 (Michael Dowell)
>   9. Re: 2009 (Mathieu Ren?)
>  10. 100 Years (Steve Abrams)
>  11. Re: Hank Stohl Has Passed Away (Steve Abrams)
>  12. fire (Hobey Ford)
>  13. Re: fire (Mathieu Ren?)
>  14. Re: fire (Mary Horsley)
>  15. Re: 2009 (Michael Moynihan)
>  16. Fire (John Dudley)
>  17. Re: Fire (Mathieu Ren?)
>  18. Tasha Tudor (Hobey Ford)
>  19. Re: Tasha Tudor (Hobey Ford)
>  20. Re: Fire (Michael Moynihan)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:13:34 -0500
> From: Mathieu Ren? <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
> Subject: [Puptcrit] Wood carving videos (one more)
> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZHl1T712VU
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJPcN49i22Q
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyum_exgzE4
>
> This three-part video seems very good for beginners.
> Spirit Williams takes time to explain the very basics.
> The subject matter (a bas relief of an iris) is a good choice for clarity.
>
> The video is not zoomed-in enough to see the tools at first, when she
> explains.
> However, the picture is clear enough to see the actual carving and the
> tools, once she actually starts the carving.
>
> You get to hear the sounds of the tools, which is an added bonus for
> understanding.
>
> Next best thing to observing a sculptor up close!
>
> It sure makes everything clearer for me. I feel ready to start my wooden
> puppet now.
> Soon as the studio is cleaned. Gotta start the new year well-organized!
> Gotta get back!
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:42:18 +0000
> From: serendipity_puppets-AT-yahoo.co.uk
> Subject: [Puptcrit] 2009
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
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> This is only a quickie...I LOVE this group and have learnt much about 
> puppets and people by being a silent part of it. There are a few people 
> I've had contact with on and off the list and every time my life was 
> brighter because of it. To all of us Critters I sincerely hope that 2009 
> brings happiness and a full cupboard to everyone. Always take care. 
> Charles Topham (England)
> ------------------
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:47:26 -0500
> From: "Robert Rogers" <robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 2009
> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> Message-ID: <DBEF550F930C4774B86E4965A3159410-AT-roberty0lfrawy>
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> I'd like to second Charles Topham's sentiment.  Peace and happiness to
> everyone!
>
> Robert Rogers
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:59:34 -0500
> From: "Hobey Ford" <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 2009
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
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> Cheers to all, Happy New Year.
>
> Hobey Ford
>
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Robert Rogers
> <robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com> wrote:
>> I'd like to second Charles Topham's sentiment.  Peace and happiness to
>> everyone!
>>
>> Robert Rogers
>>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:02:30 -0500
> From: Brad Shur <mr_utamaro-AT-hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 2009
> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> Message-ID: <BAY139-W11B6D8748177E663883FA7FEE40-AT-phx.gbl>
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>
> May the bulk of our dread prove unfounded!
>
> B. Shur
>
>
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:59:34 -0500
>> From: hobeyone-AT-gmail.com
>> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
>> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 2009
>>
>> Cheers to all, Happy New Year.
>>
>> Hobey Ford
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Robert Rogers
>> <robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com> wrote:
>> > I'd like to second Charles Topham's sentiment.  Peace and happiness to
>> > everyone!
>> >
>> > Robert Rogers
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
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> _________________________________________________________________
> It?s the same Hotmail?. If by ?same? you mean up to 70% faster.
> http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_broad1_122008
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:13:46 -0800 (PST)
> From: Mc Arthur Terrance <puppeterry-AT-yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 2009
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Message-ID: <468505.32689.qm-AT-web32108.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On to Tomorrow, where the Journey is always full of Surprises!
>
> TV Mc Arthur
> Fresno (CA) County Public Library
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:34:19 -0500
> From: "Robert Rogers" <robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com>
> Subject: [Puptcrit] Fw: Cementex Latex Freedom 100 - Ammonia Free
> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> Message-ID: <1495B1E597F84267ABC8B131FBB92F6C-AT-roberty0lfrawy>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Just Before Midnight Email TemplateHi all,
>
> I just received this e-mail & thought I'd pass it along to all those 
> interested.
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>      Happy New Year!
>
>      A new year, a new mold making rubber...
>
>      We are pleased to announce the availability of our Freedom 100 Latex.
>
>      A premium grade, high solids mold making rubber that is 100% ammonia 
> free.
>
>      Freedom 100, has the strength of our #80 Latex, the solids content of 
> our #874 Latex, without the unpleasant ammonia odor.
>
>      Available on our website in quarts, gallons, and five gallon pails.
>
>      Contact us for drum pricing.
>
>
>
>
>      -Cementex Latex Corp.
>
>
>
>
>
>            This message was sent from Cementex Latex Corp. to 
> robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com. It was sent from: Standard Screen 
> Supply Corp., 121 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013. You can modify/update 
> your subscription via the link below.
>
>
>       Manage your subscription
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:41:03 -0800
> From: Michael Dowell <moodooguru-AT-gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 2009
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Message-ID: <25E778FB-D912-4EF8-96BD-A333696BD305-AT-gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>
> Happiness is a warm puppet!
>
> On Dec 31, 2008, at 1:13 PM, Mc Arthur Terrance wrote:
>
>> On to Tomorrow, where the Journey is always full of Surprises!
>>
>> TV Mc Arthur
>> Fresno (CA) County Public Library
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:15:57 -0500
> From: Mathieu Ren? <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 2009
> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> Message-ID: <81F3080265CC4997AB91774C8BFCBBF4-AT-critter1>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
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> May Puppetry protect you all from the cold.
> May that not come as a twisted ploy to puppetize YOU.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:12:49 -0500
> From: "Steve Abrams" <sapuppets-AT-gmail.com>
> Subject: [Puptcrit] 100 Years
> To: puptcrit <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> Message-ID:
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> Best Wishes to all for 2009
>
> Steve
>
> One hundred years
>
> In the year just passing French puppeteer Yve Joly turned 100
>
> and Osmond Molarsky turned 99
>
>
>
> George Pal 1908-1980
>
> Born in Hungary, invented the puppetoon when he came to Hollywood
>
>
>
> Michael O'Rourke 1908-1981
>
> Recently celebrated in Santa Monica, along with his partner Walton
>
>
>
> Fran Allison 1908-1989
>
> Friend of Kukla and Ollie
>
>
>
> Mel Blanc 1908-1989
>
> The greatest voice actor
>
>
>
> Archie Elliot 1908-1990
>
> Served 2 terms as PofA Pres, and he really knew how to run a puppet 
> festival
>
>
>
> Emma Louise Warfield 1908-1991
>
> Her donation created the PofA scholarship fund,
>
>
>
> Blanche Harding 1908 2004
>
> Montana puppeteer
>
>
>
> Rena Prim 1908-2007
>
> PofA membership before Olga Stevens
>
>
>
> Yves Joly 1908-
>
> French puppet artist inspired Burr Tillstrom to do hand ballets
>
> Celebrated his 100th birthday
>
>
>
> Herb Scheffel 1909-1962
>
> Finger puppeteer, master watercolorist, puppet journalist, and President 
> of
> PofA in 1945
>
>
>
> Marie Samanisky 1909-1980
>
> Minnesota puppeteer who ran the Puppetry Store in the 1970s
>
>
>
> Ben Yano 1909-1984
>
> Worked with Yosl Cutler & Zuni Maude as part of Yiddish puppet theatre in
> early 1930s
>
>
>
> Jan Bussell 1909-1985
>
> Major force in English puppetry world, created Muffin the Mule, author of
> many book, international UNIMA president
>
>
>
> Mike Manteo 1909-1989
>
> Sicilian-American puppeteer in NYC
>
>
>
> Jean Starr Wiskell 1909-1990
>
> PofA President 1948 from Louisana, consultant to Junior League women
>
>
>
> Victor Charles 1909-1991
>
> Night club puppeteer, retired to Florida
>
>
>
> Robert Desarthis 1909-1993
>
> Guignol in the Luxembourg Gardens of Paris from 1933 on
>
>
>
> Francois Martin 1909-1995
>
> Puppet theatre in Carmel CA
>
>
>
> Ruth Gilpin 1909-1999
>
> Atlanta TV puppeteer, lead groups of puppeteers on trips to international
> festivals
>
>
>
> R Bruce Inverarity 1909-1999
>
> Seattle puppeteer, expert on Northwest Native American carving, author of 
> "A
> Manual of Puppetry" 1936
>
>
>
> Hans Schmidt 1909-1999
>
> Chicago puppeteer
>
>
>
> Lee Tien Liu 1909-1998
>
> Puppeteer from Taiwan, subject of film "Puppet Master" 1989
>
>
>
> Osmond Molarsky 1909-
>
> Celebrated his 99th birthday in Nov 2008. Listed in 1930 Puppetry 
> Yearbook.
> At Swarthmore College hired future best selling author James Michener
> (1907-1997)
> to help with his shows
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:20:19 -0500
> From: "Steve Abrams" <sapuppets-AT-gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Hank Stohl Has Passed Away
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Message-ID:
> <93f64b620812311420l1fdf4f4cy294434c84799c723-AT-mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> AndrewThanks for posting.
> I visit Pittsburgh every year to do shows and I had a chance to see Knish 
> on
> exhibit some years back. One look at the delightful puppet give a hint of
> why Stohl's Rodney and Knish were so well loved in the Pittsburgh area.
> Stohl worked with Aniforms  (Morey Bunin) in the mid 60s and then went to
> Hollywood
>
> Steve
>
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Andrew <puppetvision-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure if anyone on the list knew or was familiar with the work of
>> Hank Stohl, but I wanted to pass along that unfortunately he passed away
>> earlier this week at the age of 81. Hank was a well-known puppeteer on
>> local
>> TV in Pittsburgh in the `50s and `60s and also worked in New York for a 
>> few
>> years in the mid-1960s I believe. In the late 60s he turned to acting and
>> had a very successful career in TV and theatre.
>>
>> http://www.puppetvision.info/2008/12/rest-in-peace-hank-stohl.html
>>
>>
>> http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_603271.html
>>
>> - Andrew
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>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:35:39 -0500
> From: "Hobey Ford" <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
> Subject: [Puptcrit] fire
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Message-ID:
> <94bd5b080812311835r211ad46cv49057988e94ef02-AT-mail.gmail.com>
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>
> Ever notice sitting around a fire is like primative theater with
> animation, lighting, special effects, sparks, smoke, even sound. Story
> and fire go way back.  The flames are the actors and the coals the
> glowing grotto.  Ok no more champagne.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 13
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:59:11 -0500
> From: Mathieu Ren? <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] fire
> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> Message-ID: <FC7CA2812E39439A8D9110FA09AAEA95-AT-critter1>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
> Hobey, you're totally right about the magic of fire.
> I'd love to have a show with a real campfire in it, or a pit fire, or at 
> the
> veryt least some large torches.
>
> Stupid safety laws forbid us to use most types of fires for our stage
> performances, and even outdoors, it reaquires days of negotiating, special
> permits, and spending!
> We're therefore forced to make use of cold, heartless and thrill-less
> technology to simulate flames that don't even come close to "cutting it"!
>
> Forget about the sacred and inspiration and mystery of a real fire, people
> only care about their buildings, their possibly charred clothes, their 
> lives
> that may or may not be altered.
>
> Futile world!
> Who cares about safety, when good storytelling could be had with real
> dancing-roasting-roaring flames?
>
>
> (PS: this "rise of darkness" might be directly due to just finishing
> watching the "Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog" movie for the second time in 
> a
> row. It's very funny, but at times very serious, and absolutely very very
> dark. I reccomend it. It's very inventive, high quality, despite being a 
> low
> budget with only three main characters. The songs are pretty good too, fun
> harmonies and contrasts!).
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 14
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:51:57 -0500
> From: Mary  Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] fire
> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> Message-ID: <C58199FD.C3F0%mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
> Ok, Hobey, pass the champagne down to Va.
>
> Happy New Year.....almost!
>
> Mary Horsley
>
>
> On 12/31/08 9:35 PM, "Hobey Ford" <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ever notice sitting around a fire is like primative theater with
>> animation, lighting, special effects, sparks, smoke, even sound. Story
>> and fire go way back.  The flames are the actors and the coals the
>> glowing grotto.  Ok no more champagne.
>> _______________________________________________
>> List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
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>> Archives: http://www.driftline.org
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 15
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:34:59 -0600
> From: Michael Moynihan <mmoynihan-AT-wi.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 2009
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Message-ID: <056232E9-49E8-4AD8-AECF-62D819D313F0-AT-wi.rr.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
>
> Here's to a new, improved, better year for all.
>
> One future of DIGITAL puppetry demonstrated at the end of this video
> presentation:
> http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_touchscreen.html
>
> And a truly revolutionary proposal for our collective future, to say
> goodbye to '08 and hello/hope for '09:
> http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/karen_armstrong_makes_her_ted_prize_wish_the_charter_for_compassion.html
>
> Anyone creating shows regarding compassion?
>
> - m j moynihan
> milwaukee usa
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 16
> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:27:24 +0000
> From: John Dudley <john.dudley-AT-telepuppets.com>
> Subject: [Puptcrit] Fire
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Message-ID: <770CE501-902C-47CB-97D8-B3C344D22AF3-AT-telepuppets.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
>
> Hi Mathieu
>
> I regret that your email re Fire and regulations for it's use indoors
> is not futile in the light of what has happened last evening in Bangkok.
> The Night Club fire which killed 57 people and injured many more
> started on the stage and caught light to the whole ceiling  very
> quickly. Apparently only one exit was open. People were trampled on
> and panic ensued trying to get out.
>
> Fire is great to look at where it is controlled. I used to use fire in
> an act of mine in Variety Theatres over forty years ago and at band
> call on a Monday morning in a new theatre where I was playing, the
> fire officer had to O.K. my act , despite the fact that any flames
> were under my control at all times.
>
> My thoughts go with all the people who have lost their lives on New
> Years Eve where there were obviously no safety checks. I am sure that
> those involved did not think that safety is futile.
>
> John Dudley
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 17
> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 06:34:34 -0500
> From: Mathieu Ren? <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Fire
> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> Message-ID: <1A105EB8E19549DB80746714B8A41D54-AT-critter1>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
> John,
> I was using exageration / humour.
>
> I'm sorry to hear people died on New Years Eve from an unchecked fire
> hasard.
> These happen way too often. Public places should always have at least two
> exits, accessible at all times.
>
> Of course safety laws are necessary! Especially fire laws.
> Everyone should know that by now.
> Smoky the Bear (Only you can prevent Forest fires) must have colleagues
> worldwide.
> When I was a kid, the fire mascot on our province's TV spots was an
> oversimplistic green arrow character. It looks weird to me now, but as a
> kid, I loved it so much, that when my parents made a stuffed doll of it 
> for
> me, it became my favorite toy. I must still have it in a box somewhere,
> never could bring myself to throw it out.
>
>
> And if some adults still don't know the dangers, maybe it's time families
> got back to living outdoors and let their babies play around the campfire,
> so they'll learn the danger by touch, fast. Instincts will probably stop
> them from actually touching the fire. This one is no exagerated example, 
> it
> was actually common practice in tribes. Who ever heard of fences around 
> the
> tribe's campfire?  Not practical for cooking, is it? We tend to 
> overprotect
> our kids nowadays.  In my days, we played with live dinosaurs (and so on,
> and so forth).
> While I understand that we need to protect them, overprotecting them
> deprives them of valuable experience. I once had to trick a ten year old
> into forgetting her peer-imposed fear of all blades, so she could use a
> craft knife in one of my school workshops!  I explained the safety rules,
> showed her how to hold and cut, told her how often people get cuts from 
> it,
> and I even got the safety kit brought closer, just in case. I did not baby
> her, nor instilled fear. I left the decision to her, and went to help
> someone else. I kept an eye on her of course, but she was unaware of it.
> When she finally picked up the big OLFA LB knife, and started carving, 
> there
> was a kind of unlocking. At the end of that morning, it turned out that 
> she
> was naturally gifted as a carver, churning out mini spheres of styrofoam
> just for fun at lunchtime! I couldn't even carve that small that quick! So
> much more time could have been wasted, just because she had unjustifiably
> been made affraid of blades.
>
> back on topic:
> I just meant that the autorities exagerate, to the point of stopping our
> show-making effects, and sometimes the shows themselves. At some point, we
> have to decide if it's enough: sprinklers, smoke and carbon dioxyde
> detectors and fire extinguishers aren't that uncommon a combo in 
> performing
> venues. That, and nowadays, most local authorities make fireproofed 
> curtains
> mandatory in performing spaces. The chances of a dangerous fire in such
> equipped places are pretty slim.
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 18
> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:10:53 -0500
> From: "Hobey Ford" <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
> Subject: [Puptcrit] Tasha Tudor
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
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> This last year marked the passing of Tasha Tudor who as well as an
> illustrator and later day Martha Stewart was a doll and marionette
> maker.  Tasha had yearly performances in her barn in VT.  Neighbors
> and friends would gather for these quaint shows and sit on hay bales
> to watch the performances.  In her early years she toured her shows
> around new England including The Natural History Musuem in NYC.
> Though we weren't close, she was my mother's half sister and we had a
> year long coorespondance around 15 years ago when I did interviews
> with her for an article in the Puppetry Journal.  Childhood visits to
> her farm were like a step into 19th century New England.  She and my
> cousins dressed in 19th century garb.  Her farm and children were the
> models for her artwork.  Her marionettes were very simple and while
> the shows weren't rivetting puppet theater the whole experience was
> magical.  She was an astute business woman and had her own empire
> based on her books and artwork and later in life she became the model
> along with grandchildren and neighbors for photogragher Richard Brown
> who did a series of books on her world.   She was most famous for her
> illustrated childrens book and her illustrations of classics like
> "Wind in the Willows" and "The Secret Garden".  She was 92 years old.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 19
> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 11:44:29 -0500
> From: "Hobey Ford" <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Tasha Tudor
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
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> I have attached an illustration  by Tasha of a performance in her
> barn.  (I have photoshopped the seam between pages)
>
> [ Attachment:
> http://lists.puptcrit.org/pipermail/puptcritattach/attachments/20090101/fbd35032/attachment.jpg
> ]
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Hobey Ford <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>>   This last year marked the passing of Tasha Tudor who as well as an
>>   illustrator and later day Martha Stewart was a doll and marionette
>>   maker.  Tasha had yearly performances in her barn in VT.  Neighbors
>>   and friends would gather for these quaint shows and sit on hay bales
>>   to watch the performances.  In her early years she toured her shows
>>   around new England including The Natural History Musuem in NYC.
>>   Though we weren't close, she was my mother's half sister and we had a
>>   year long coorespondance around 15 years ago when I did interviews
>>   with her for an article in the Puppetry Journal.  Childhood visits to
>>   her farm were like a step into 19th century New England.  She and my
>>   cousins dressed in 19th century garb.  Her farm and children were the
>>   models for her artwork.  Her marionettes were very simple and while
>>   the shows weren't rivetting puppet theater the whole experience was
>>   magical.  She was an astute business woman and had her own empire
>>   based on her books and artwork and later in life she became the model
>>   along with grandchildren and neighbors for photogragher Richard Brown
>>   who did a series of books on her world.   She was most famous for her
>>   illustrated childrens book and her illustrations of classics like
>>   "Wind in the Willows" and "The Secret Garden".  She was 92 years old.
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 20
> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:50:49 -0600
> From: Michael Moynihan <mmoynihan-AT-wi.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Fire
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Message-ID: <26EA3B0F-4F73-425F-9569-AEB1BC8CCEE0-AT-wi.rr.com>
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>
> When I was running a theatre company we had performers who would
> juggle flaming torches, eat/spit fire & spin fire, sometimes while on
> stilts. We made and used puppets, but never incorporated fire puppets.
>
> Of course most performances were outside.
>
> A friend and multi talented performer, musician, costumer &
> photographer, who I worked with & goes by the name of PHOENIX
> FIRESTARTER is at THE BURNING MAN festival every year. She is on the
> crew that sets it up before and returns the dessert to its original
> state after the celebration. She is a fire performer. I've seen
> pictures and videos and live cams of the annual event. I'd bet there
> are artist created fire breathing dragons and various fire puppets
> there.
>
> Just found this image
> http://tinyurl.com/752ulf
>
> and this vid
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXasuPMnysg
>
>
> m j moynihan
> milwaukee usa
>
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