From: Grego <grego-AT-gregoland.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:49:48 +0900
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Marionettes a la Planchette


Thanks, but I can't take the credit. One of the dancers is a  
carpenter, and wacked those planchettes out of lumber stock, albeit  
for me to perform with. But yes, elegant simplicity worked there. God  
was in the lack of details.
-G


On Feb 24, 2009, at 12:12 AM, puppetpro-AT-aol.com wrote:

> Grego,
> I love the simplicity of your wooden sculptures. Very elegant.
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> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Marionettes a la Planchette
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> Mathiew, the string running through the chest is placed high enough
> to assure that the puppet will be bottom heavy. What keeps it's feet
> on the ground is the same thing that keeps your feet on the ground,
> gravity.
> Roland, I couldn't agree with you more. Surely they provide a
> convenient prop for street musicians. Too often crummy puppets get
> flailed about with the same senseless abandon that hollywood
> directors employ in bombarding us with pyrotechnics, while leaving
> nuance on the cutting room floor. Never underestimate the gullibility
> and lack of taste of John Q. Public.
> On the other hand, any kind of puppet can be performed badly, and a
> well-made planchette can be rather charming.
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> Thanks for the cool links Alice. I've got a couple more cents worth
> to throw in.
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> There's a lousy shot of me operating planchettes in a Commedia themed
> show here:
> http://www.gregoland.com/grego/collaborations.html
> But this thread inspired me to post another page with better pics  
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> http://www.gregoland.com/planchettes/
> Those puppets weren't made with much attention to movement potential,
> and the costumes are too heavy. But their crude antics earned some
> smiles anyhow.
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> named piper puppeteer features his
> unusual two-string planchette configuration:
> http://www.archive.org/details/mangoooproductionspuppetsinGhent
> A very guy knowledgeable about history as well as the practice of
> planchette performance is Chris Gheris, from Belgium.  I met him at
> Charleville-Meziere, where he was gathering material for the folk
> arts magazine Goe Vollek.
> http://www.plansjet.be/Home.html
> The most elegant ones I've ever seen were made by Dave Miles, of
> California. He painstakingly carved, painted, and outfitted them with
> great detail, and works them while playing his hurdy gurdy. Kind of
> an old-fashioned guy, Dave has very little self-made internet
> presence, no pics that I know of. He's an old friend, played on my
> CD, but is probably better known for having also played with
> Metallica. Whatever pays the rent, eh. Dave on Dave:
> http://swingleydev.com/archive/bio.php?message_id=51986
> Finally, while planchettes are not quite ubiquitous, they might be if
> these people have anything to say about it, because they'd like to
> sell you one:
>   http://fairetymetoys.com/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Planchette
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