Rod puppet- Week3 assignment for Puppet class

This week, I made a Rod puppet. It's really a tough work，and at first, I even didn't figure out how to start! We went to Metropolitan Lumber&Hardware and OK hardware to buy the Rod,  pins , nails，springs, string we need to make this puppet,  using a lot of time to think about how mechanism works.

Then I drew the draft about the mechanism.

There are two parts contained mechanism. I want to make the mouth is able to open  and the waist can bend.

I cut one rod into two parts, using a pin to through it then put a spring connect this two parts, in order to make the waist bend.

Mouth part is  more complicated. I used a  piece of wood to be the mouse. Inserted a long pin to be the axis of it. Then used a spring to attached the mouth to the rod in order to make it took the pin as an axis to rotate.

I used 8 pieces of wood to make it face. Used wood cutting machine and wood sanding machine to produce every parts in appropriate shape.  Then I assembled all these parts with nails. Drill nails into woods tightly to make a well-knit head. It looks like the face of an elderly woman.

I put an blue foam in semicircular shape，and attached it on the rod behind its head to make it like the humpback of the elderly woman.

I found some fabricate to make clothes in Japaness-style. So I decided to make a Japanese Kimono for it.

I added some cotton in its body to make a big belly and humpback for it to make the puppet looks like a paunchy elderly woman. And I also sewed two small bags of cotton  to make its prolapsed breast.

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At last, I used steel wool to make her hair, drew red lips with acrylic paint. Made a wood hand for it, and use chopsticks to control it.

Hand Puppet--Week2 Assignment

[embed]https://vimeo.com/106883152[/embed] This week , I made a foam hand Puppet , it's really interesting even I spent a lot of time on it.  I like it so much even it isn't what I designed before, but I enjoy the surprise during the process of making puppet.

I used foam, steel wool, fabrics, sponge, wires to make it.

We go to Moods Fabric in 37th street to buy a lot of fabrics, I like different fabrics  sooooooooo much! Especially the vintage wool like Harris Tweed. So after inspired by those beautiful fabrics， I decided to make an elderly man in vintage style，with a shirt and tailored suit.

1. I used foam to make its head and use two pieces of hard paper to make its mouth(I think hard paper is not the good solution, because the mouth can not open and active freely, maybe next time I'll use foam to make its mouth)

2. Put fabrics on the foam head to imitate human’s skin.

3. I used piece of foam, rolled it to be cylindricality.It was the body of the puppet. Then also put fabrics on it.

4. I used two stick of foam to make its arm, each of stick into 3 parts——Upper limb，elbow，and forearm. Used an long wire to get though each of them, and put these 3 parts together. In its way, the hand can move and active freely.

5.Made a clothes for the puppet.

6. I used sponge and white socks to make its eye balls.

7.Used grey Steel wool to make its hair.

My partner made an crocodile, so we decided to sell sunglasses in our commercial advertisement.

Here are two actors! Elderly man and his pet Mr.crocodile.

Glove Puppet-First Assignment for Puppet class

This is the first time I make a puppet! It's really exciting and interesting. I use Paper Clay,  Aluminium foil，Paper roll, Model ball, Acrylic paint, Steel wool,  Sockes, Milk container to make it.

I decided to make a grandpa and then draw a draft for it.

First step: I use a paper roll to support , it would be the foundation for the whole puppet.

Second step:Using Aluminium foil to make the model of the head in order to avoid too heavy of the head.

Third step: Using Paper clay to make its head and hand. Using Model Ball  to make its eye balls.(It  is softer and more smooth than paper clay, so it's appropriate to make eye ball.)  And now, just waiting the Paper clay to dry.

4th Step: Using Acrylic painting to paint its head! Now It's a little bit like a human now.. I added some Steel Wool on its head to be his hair

  

5th Step: I used my socks to make a sweater for him.

   

6th Step: I used Milk container to make his body, and then arranged all these parts together, and the grandpa appeared! It's an angry elderly man, it's a little bit scary, because he is mad on his cat.

  

Time to Show!!!!!