Tubes Posted by RichVStone on Jul 29, 2009
I've been reading through the forums and see a lot of talk about tubes. What are these tubes you speak of and where do you get them? :D
Re: Tubes Posted by esch on Jul 29, 2009
They may be finger tubes that are attached to a mouthplate for a more secure hold. You can make them out of polyfoam--glue a piece into a cylinder into which you can slip your fingers easily and then glue the cut-up cylinders to the top (and sometimes the bottom for the thumb) of the mouthplate...
I usually just do a strap-like cylinder for my middle and ring finger to slip into and let my other fingers rest on the outside of the strap..
Re: Tubes Posted by RichVStone on Jul 30, 2009
oh. I thought they were talking about tubes for the body or some such.
Re: Tubes Posted by esch on Jul 30, 2009
oh, they could be talking about body tubes...usually made out of polyfoam and covered in fleece...lol, I have finger tubes on the brain as I'm building some mouth puppets now..
Re: Tubes Posted by Billy D. Fuller on Jul 30, 2009
We discuss tubes of all shapes and sizes used in puppetry. Another tube used in puppetry is pool tubes, those styro foam noodles used around summertime as a flotation device.
Billy D.
Re: Tubes Posted by Shawn on Jul 30, 2009
Don't forget PVC tubes that folks build lightweight puppet theaters out of.
As you can see, tubes are used everywhere in puppetry!