Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 22:32:40 -0700
From: gothicfx-AT-ix.netcom.com (Stonzi)
Subject: Re: Mechanical Puppetry


You wrote: 

>  The very video I was thinking of. However the second volumn is not out
>yet. The first book does a very good job of showing you how to work with 
the metal and make linkages. Unfortuately it shows you all this great 
mechanical stuff, but only a brief clip of a finished puppet and absolutely 
nothing about how the mechanics were attached to the finished puppet. (a 
gorilla mask)


--This isn't the same video I'm talking about. I have the gorilla video and, 
yes, it's pretty bad. The video I'm talking about teaches three different 
styles of creating a fully working head.

>  Actually, Hobey Ford is the best mechanical person I know. He is located
>near Asheville North Carolina. However, he is not really into complicated
>levers and gears and stuff. But his "foamies" puppets  move very
>realistically and his mechanisms to operate them are supprisingly simple
>(well... he is also a talented manipulator as well). His work shows that
>things don't need to be complicated to allow alot of detailed control.
>
---I'm in Wilmington, NC. Is there a way for me to get in touch with him? 
I'd love to pick his brain - that is, if he's a pickable guy. Some people 
don't like to be bothered.

>Joe Dunfee
>Miami, Florida USA
>
>
>
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