Hi everyone,

I discovered today a love of paper doilies and used them as inserts in a new shadow puppet, The Peacock Bride.  They might be old-fashioned, but the doilies created a really intricate, delicate effect, that I simply couldn't achieve by hand-cutting.  Laser-cutting isn't an option for me, but I found this to be a very cheap and cheerful alternative 
http://inthedarkwoods.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/the-peacock-bride/



Rachel
inthedarkwoods.wordpress.com

She is pretty. I like the oldfashioned look, too. But then- sometimes I think I was born 250 years after my taste in astaetics...

Thanks Rikka & all the best for 2012! 

Thanks, in the dark woods, and same to you!

Rachel,
Very nice. I like it!  It really does add quite a bit of texture to the shadow.

Wow, I love that idea! The puppet looks so fab, and the doilies work really well for that character. It's such a great time-saving idea too.

I am having problems loading Wordpress-hosted sites at the moment, so I can't see the post, but I am bookmarking it for later. Hope to see more of these, especially as I love trying out different materials for shadow puppets

That creates such a nice effect. A great idea and thank you for sharing it!

Thanks so much guys! I only did this as a test piece, but I was happy in the end with the contrast in texture and it did save me masses of time. I'm now on the lookout for more elaborate doilies (what a nerd!)
Na - here are a few pics if you can't see them on my wordpress blog.  A friend of mine also posted me a suggestion about using alcohol inks on acetate, which I'll be trying out soon for the Peacock Groom's feathers.  I expect it to be messy...

Thanks again everyone and wish you all lots of puppet joy in 2012! x

Alcohol inks? What are they?

Thanks for posting the pics here. For some reason every time I go to a wordpress site it just takes forever to load and when it does everything is formatted wrong. It's mightily annoying!

They are simply stunning. So beautifully elegant. I'm looking forward to seeing more!