Date: 30 Jul 96 22:02:49 +0500
From: puppetco-AT-cais.cais.com (Christopher Piper)
Subject: Re: Hi!


>     Hi! I'm Nancy Brown.  I just subbed onto puptcrit. I'm 13 years
>old and have too many hobbies! I'm currently focusing mostly on
>horsebackriding(I've been taking English riding lessons for 2 yrs.
>now.), wood carving, and marionettes. If anyone is making a horse
>puppet and wants a few questions answered feel free! Anyway, I just
>got my dad to cut down my chunk of wood and would like some tips on
>how to put together a marionette. Thanx so much.

> Nancy Brown
> bwbwn-AT-rice.edu

Welcome to the group, Nancy.  I'm sure you probably know this if you've
done some woodcarving, but do make sure the wood is "cured" before you
carve it.  Otherwise, you can get some nasty surprises when the green
wood dries out.

One of the most beautiful marionette horses I ever saw was carved by a
man name Joe Cashore.  It was strung so it could trot, canter, gallop,
rear up, and generally move like a real horse.  Quite spectacular.  Good
luck to you, and keep posting.

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