Foam and Light
Another “through the body” shot. I really love the way foam catches the light. It’s beautiful stuff, really.
Foam Hands
I like this up-close shot of a foam hand before it has the fleece covering. One of these days I’m gonna just dye the foam and leave it uncovered because I just love the look of reticulated foam.
Black and White Baboon
This one’s from the vault. This is a puppet that I made last year for Kanja Chen’s Chimp TV project. With all of that flowing golden hair, she had a sort of Miss Piggy quality about her–so I gave her this diva pose.
Pop goes the puppet!
Hey–nice mug!
In the Mouth of the Puppet
The mouth of a hand/rod puppet is very important. It’s the area that takes the most abuse. This is a shot from inside one mouth that is in progress–looking at another gaping puppet beyond.
Mr. Scrooge Revisited
I like this shot of Mr. Scrooge from below the work table. It also gives an “audience-eye” view of the puppet’s head. I like to examine every puppet that I build this way. I’ll walk all the way around the room and try to see them from every angle.
The Eye of the Cat
This is a cat puppet that I’m making. I like how the eyes are so glassy and stand out in stark contrast to the texture of the fur. Of course in this shot, the fur is barely visible.
Playing with Cameras
I’ve started to do something recently that has been a lot of fun. During the process of building a puppet, I will take some black and white images from different vantage points just to have a fresh perspective on the art of puppet building. They aren’t fantastic, but I’m really happy with some of the images. I like to take something that I have looked at a hundred times or more, and observe it from a different angle–in different lighting–and watch it come to life again.
I’ll start posting some of these photos here on the blog very soon.
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