Well, while working on the production of the stage, I have been working on some puppets. Two hand and mouth p (one of them is a bird, but still working on them  ), and a set of shadow puppets (three more to work on there). I am suppose to make a first presentation on September  , so you will get to see more of them later. My "shadows" are loose still (no rods yet). Any comment, advices, welcome!

Nice job on the shadow puppets.

sue

I love them! Are you using string joints?

 
String joints! Yes. I hope they hold... 
And black rubber plates.

String joints should be strong enough, so long as they are tied well.

Great details on those shadow puppets.  You are off to a good start......can't wait to see more.

Daryl H.

 

I dont´t have patience to wait to see more pictures. Your shadow puppets are so great!!! 
I have found many good instructions and ideas from a book made by David Currell. Maybe you have it also? If not, I recommend to buy it.



Sari

Thanks a lot for the info on the book, I JUST order it in Amazon now!!! 

And while my books arrives, what material are the best to build shadow puppets? Card board is better to cut with a knife, but does not last so much, I thought. Skin, too expensive...

I've used cardboard before. The well known Aussie shadow puppeteer, Richard Bradshaw (he's been on The Muppet Show before... or was that Sesame St?) uses cardboard. You can laminate the pieces to give them better protection, and the light still passes through the areas you've cut out of the card.

You could also try illustrator board... I don't know what another term for it is, but it's used by picture framers to mount photos. It's a very thick cardboard, like half a centimetre thickness.

Funny, I was looking today at buying just that book!