Matt
So having decided previously we needed a puppet, to start to play with, myself (Matt), Will and Molly went to the Little Cauliflower Creek Creative Workshop in Faversham. The day before, me and Will had worked out the elbow and knee joints, and had started to make them.
We started the day with a few stop-off’s to pick up some needed materials, to really get us going in the workshop. It was important as we started to make the puppet that we thought about every single body part in detail from the shoulder joints and the head mechanism to the minor movements of the foot and hands, this took time and careful planning, however after discussion a prototype was started. The head and body was then started to be carved from foam by Will, and Molly was fitting the upper arm and lower arms, and the upper leg and lower leg together.
I started to work on the shoulder joint, trying a few methods to get the fluidity of movement that we wanted. Eventually both arms were fitted with shoulder joints. Molly and Will were then carving the hips, which will fit to the bottom of the main chest. I then carved the feet and hands which I then gave to Molly to carve in some detail. I was then working on the hip joints, and connecting the lower leg to the foot. Will was carving from wood, the head mechanism.
By the end of the day we had all the parts for the puppet, but ran out of time to connect it all together....Our puppet is nearly ready....
So having decided previously we needed a puppet, to start to play with, myself (Matt), Will and Molly went to the Little Cauliflower Creek Creative Workshop in Faversham. The day before, me and Will had worked out the elbow and knee joints, and had started to make them.
We started the day with a few stop-off’s to pick up some needed materials, to really get us going in the workshop. It was important as we started to make the puppet that we thought about every single body part in detail from the shoulder joints and the head mechanism to the minor movements of the foot and hands, this took time and careful planning, however after discussion a prototype was started. The head and body was then started to be carved from foam by Will, and Molly was fitting the upper arm and lower arms, and the upper leg and lower leg together.
I started to work on the shoulder joint, trying a few methods to get the fluidity of movement that we wanted. Eventually both arms were fitted with shoulder joints. Molly and Will were then carving the hips, which will fit to the bottom of the main chest. I then carved the feet and hands which I then gave to Molly to carve in some detail. I was then working on the hip joints, and connecting the lower leg to the foot. Will was carving from wood, the head mechanism.
By the end of the day we had all the parts for the puppet, but ran out of time to connect it all together....Our puppet is nearly ready....
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