is a puppet that was designed for a film
about elemental dragons. Standing one metre high this marionette
has a fibreglass skeleton, moveable features and a flexible skin.
Smoke emanates from his nostrils. Fire could be composited in using
CGI techniques.
ARABIAN
NOMAD
A caricature puppet, designed for use in theatre productions. This
marionette walks 36cm tall, and was cast in foam and latex from
a plaster mould to allow for future reproduction.
ROSE
is a stop-motion animation puppet, designed and created for the
short film "Bare". Cast over a ball and socket armature this 34
cm puppet screws firmly into the set and can be animated by tiny
movements over a long period of time. Her features are manipulated
using plasticene.
ORGANNON,
HARL & SCARAMOUCHE
Another
example of highly expressive puppets created for a stop motion animation
film. In this case the puppets' feet were made of rubber and could
be pinned into the foam set underneath.
PAPPY
JOE
This is the kind of puppet that could make it anywhere - in live performances, on television, theatre productions, even on film. A 90cm hand puppet made from light foam Pappy was originally designed and created for a college music video.
