From: Pam Corcoran <corcoranpuppets-AT-hotmail.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 08:32:43 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Needle Felted Banshee Puppet - A work in progress



Hi Pixie!

Your banshee is wonderful! I have been making needle felted puppets for quite awhile. Do you have any books on basic puppet construction? Any style of puppet can be constructed by needle felting, except perhaps shadow puppets. Hmmmm. Maybe I could felt shadow puppets! I'll have to give that a try. Anyways, the movement basics are the same, whether you are constructing from paper mache, polyfoam (my felted puppets have a polyfoam core), wood, or whatever.

I'm glad you ended up with a rod puppet for your banshee rather than a moving mouth puppet. Puppets that express thoughts and ideas with more movement that words are much more interesting to watch!

I perform with felted hand puppets you can see some of them at corcoranpuppets.com

Pam


> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 13:12:49 -0700
> From: enchantedgypse-AT-gmail.com
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Subject: [Puptcrit] Needle Felted Banshee Puppet - A work in progress
> 
> I have been working on a large needle felted puppet for a show we are
> planning. Still trying to figure out how to adapt the medium of needle
> felted wool to puppetry.So far just a simple ( very simple) rod
> puppet. Tried moving mouth and did not come out to great so I decided
> to just do rod puppets.
> 
>  I would like to use her in a production of , The Nixie in The
> Millpond. It will be an all felted show. Will likely be bugging you
> all with questions on putting shows together soon, once I figure out
> the puppetry aspect that is.
> 
> Here is my work in progress...
> 
> 
> http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.83687703.jpg
> 
> 
> ~ Pixie
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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