Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 01:50:55 -0500 (EST)
From: John Bell <bellj-AT-is3.nyu.edu>
Subject: Re: Sara Peattie


There are two interesting creations by Sara Peattie involved here; one is
a pamphlet with illustrations showing how to make over-life-size puppets
with cheap materials, and the other is a videotape Sara made on the same
subject.  An earlier posting had asked about where one could _buy_
backpacks like the ones used in the Atlanta Olympics (I think the writer
was referring to the puppets designed by Peter Minshall from Trinidad for
the big Mississippi River section of that pageant).  My thought was, why
buy these items for a lot of money when you can probably make them or
adapt existing backpacks for the purpose?  Sara shows how it can be done;
her book and video are the result of scores of community workshops she has
done throughout the country.

(A backpack puppet is, as the name suggests, a larger-than-lifesize puppet
whose trunk is support by a backpack.  The arms are usually operated with
sticks by the puppeteer.)

John Bell

On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Jennifer A. Waldman wrote:

> I missed something.  What videos are these? Also, what are backpack puppets?> 
> > I don't believe _68 Ways to Make Really Big Puppets_ or Sara's video, _How
> > to Make Giant Puppets_ are available through the P of A Puppetry Store,
> > but they certainly would be a great addition to what the Store already
> > offers.  These materials are available quickly from Sara herself.
> > 
> > John Bell



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