From: "Bruce K. Chesse" <brucec-AT-chesseartsltd.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 12:06:42 -0700
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Where do Puppets come from?


Oh................    Puppets are easy to make yuk, yuk,yuk I can't  
think of any puppet project commissions i got which weren't  wanted    
done immediately,  especially the film or television industry who  
should know better.

Bruce

On May 15, 2009, at 11:45 AM, gururae-AT-comcast.net wrote:

> Why do people who don't make puppets think puppets come from magic?
>
>
> Another puppeteer friend asked me this in an email yesterday.
>
>
> The  occasion  was my ranting to her that a puppet project I'd  
> agreed to had snowballed from 3-5 three-dimensional puppets and  
> 25ish simple shadow puppets (non articulated, no internal cutouts)  
> to 23 - 32 three-dimensional puppets.
>
>
> In vain did I inform the director that I can make a shadow puppet  
> in two hours but the sort of puppets he wants will take me a week  
> apiece.
> He just offered me workers to help build.
> Unless they have previous puppet making experience, i said, they  
> will likely do more harm than good.
>
>
> I do not ask for solutions to my project  dilemma . I'm working  
> that out.
>
>
> What I do wonder: Has anyone here ever managed to successfully to  
> convey to a puppet civilian how long it takes to build a puppet?
> Or is the only way out to force them to build one so they learn  
> first hand?
>
>
> Why do people who don't make puppets think puppets come from magic?
>
>
> Respectfully submitted,
> Rae
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