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The Puppet Pages
Posted on May 16, 2013
I have completed and installed four different pages about puppetry for The School of the Transfer of Energy. The main page is under the work heading, hover over it and there are three additional pages, including drawings, and the script for The Two Deaths of John Beartrist Laceroot. I hope you enjoy them, and thank you for visiting.
Mystichearingus Wolf and Walking Man, 2011
John Beartrist Laceroot is a tree with branches on his arms and a leaves on his head, photo by Annie Stone
The battle with Ultraprecarious Cathartes Aura
The battle with Ultraprecarious Cathartes Aura, photo by Annie Stone
Puppet Theater Pages in the Wings
Posted on May 6, 2013
I am building a new group of pages for The School of the Transfer of Energy Puppet Theater. In the meantime here are a few pictures as an appetizer.
John Beartrist Laceroot enjoying the sunrise
The paper kestrel
The Old Puppet
Posted on April 27, 2012
My son asked, “can you get that little man down?” He sits on a shelf in my workshop.
When I wanted to be a ventriloquist my Granddad guided me in building this fellow.
He is very good at yelling and being surprised.
Simple but effective pivoting jaw and head, and swinging limbs.
Paper Puppet Workshop
Posted on July 15, 2010
Here is a grouping of photos of some of the puppets that students made in a recent puppetry workshop.
Paper Puppet Workshop
Posted on June 15, 2010
In preparation for a short workshop I will be doing on paper puppet construction in July, I have been partially building a few paper folk.
The paper man, possibly a Russian Jonah.
Wood-Pecker Puppet
Posted on February 25, 2009
Below is a small puppet of a red-bellied woodpecker. This fellow has a minor role at the end of part one of the play The Two Deaths of John Beartrist Laceroot, performed by The School of the Transfer of Energy Puppet Theater. It is carved from red cedar and is operated by a system of strings, weights and elastic.
Here is a view of the mechanics on the reverse side. He opens his mouth and flaps his wing.
John Beartrist Laceroot
Posted on February 20, 2009
The red cedar rod puppet of John Beartrist Laceroot, aka Walking Man, taking a rest in his rocking chair.
Moving Background Cylinder
Posted on February 3, 2009
Rotating cylinder that has a light inside to project a moving background onto a shadow screen.
New Puppet Theater Stage Front
Posted on January 24, 2009
Above is the new stage front for the puppet theater, temporarily set into place. Note the stage-wings (right and left), carved corbels, columns and sulphur inlay panels from earlier posts in their proper context. The new main stage front still lacks the obvious finishing, and the less obvious details. The front will also boast curtains and screens shielding both the wings from the front and leading back to the shadow screen (seen behind the main front). I have a lot of work to do on many aspects of the theater and props leading up to the theater’s performance of The Two Deaths of John Beartrist Laceroot this spring- the first performance in over five years.
The stage front on the workbench in the shop as the colomns are being affixed. The next post will cover the cuting of the flutes in the columns, and the special tool used to cut them. The proscenium panel is cut from an ancient piece of reclaimed walnut. The tree must have been quite big and old judging from the many close-set rings in this one piece alone.
