other forms of puppetry

[muppetfan89]

besides the moving mouth hand rod or hand glove puppets, do you do any other forms of puppetry? I perform ventriloquism, and now I'm think about getting into marrionettes. I just don't know where to start with it or how to make a marionette. What I really want to know is how to marionettes with moving mouths. Any ideas?

 

[Slightlychilled]

All you need is a line to the mouth. Look in to google there's some good sites out on the web

 

[Brooklyn]

http://puppetsandstuff.com/community/index.php

 

[rtgentry]

talk to bob abdou at Mr.puppet.com he loves marionettes and knows alot about them and how they work and where you can get them. its a dying art.

 

[staceyrebecca]

Our theater recently had Phillip Huber out to visit a few weeks ago. He recommended a book to me about cloth marionettes (since I'm so entirely intimidated by carving..). If I pick it up & do something with it (the book that is), I'll let you know.

I also know that using polymer is okay, although I've heard paperclay lasts longer.

With my students I also do shadow puppetry, rod marionettes, and rod puppets.

Jim Napolitano really got me into loving Shadow Puppets.

 

[Buck-Beaver]

A really easy and inexpensive way to get started with marionettes is scarf marionettes (similar to the cloth marionettes Stacey mentioned I think). They help you get a feel for how to string and perform a marionette before carving or casting one. I've even used them (minus the strings and controller) to teach table top puppetry.

 

[staceyrebecca]

We do scarf marionettes with our students. I don't think that's what Phillip Huber was talking about, I think it's a book about full-on marionettes but made with cloth.

I, however, love scarf marionettes. I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that they were first developed by Albrecht Roser for a master-class he was teaching.

 

[Buck-Beaver]

I think you're right, it was Albrecht Roser.