From: "Michael" <michael-AT-michaeljdixon.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:29:17 -0000
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Online Archive / National Puppetry Archive


Hi Joe,

We are going to be adding photographs of the controls, the majority are 
standard Lanchester ones, but it is interesting to see them. You can see 
some of the Lanchester Circus puppets in action on our Youtube page 
http://www.youtube.com/user/BPMTG - or you can see even more on the 
Lanchester Marionettes DVD that we produced on the remaking of their Grand 
Circus Show 
http://www.puppetguild.org.uk/paypalshop/DVD_(Digital_Video).html. You are 
right it would be nice to add videos of each puppet eventually - at the 
moment we are also beginning the process of transferring the hundreds of 
videos we have onto DVD - all takes a lot of time - especially when we are 
all doing this voluntarily and have full time "day jobs" - nevertheless it 
is a start.

I agree that the construction of the puppet is quite useful, but really that 
is best seen by actually viewing a puppet - seeing photographs of one 
whether it be online or in a book only go so far to understanding how to 
make one yourself. Construction is only one part of why people may view an 
archive - in fact it registers very low on the majority of the enquires I 
have - but nothing can take away from seeing a puppet for yourself and 
looking at its joints etc - let alone actually speaking to, or being taught 
by, a maker.

I love books and am surrounded by them right now but I think we have to 
remember that not everyone has easy access to the best puppet books and the 
internet has filled that gap very well and will continue to do so. Another 
good example of this is there has been a fantastic book written about Waldo 
Lanchester but at the moment the author has found it very difficult to find 
a publisher - that book may never be seen, but through the internet we are 
getting the opportunity to see things that otherwise may not have surfaced.

Michael.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Dunfee" <joe-AT-dunfee.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 2:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Online Archive / National Puppetry Archive


>I just visited the link you give for the archive
> [http://ehive.com/account/3510.], and saw the picture of the strong
> man.  It was wonderful to see some modern images of him, plus the old
> ones.  However, pictures of his controls were absent.  Also, for
> marionettes like this, seeing him in action would also have been very
> informative.
>
> Of course, the amount of information that can be associated with this
> puppet include more details about the construction... the list can be
> endless. The real work is not in just making the archive, but making
> the archive meaningful.   Perhaps that is the strength of a book,
> that they do that extra amount of work.
>
>
> Joe Dunfee  joe-AT-dunfee.com
> Gordonville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
>
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