puppet eyes Posted by cuttlefishstudio on May 21, 2012
I don't know there has been a topic on this but there has been different things used for eyes lke spoons, nylon containers, Styrofoam, and clear domes.
Have you used anything weird to make eyes?
Cuttlefish Studio
Kevin Cutler
Re: puppet eyes Posted by Shawn on May 21, 2012
Nice selection of eyes you have there. What is the square plastic under the larger eyes with brown lids?
I use the round wooden balls in my marionettes but that is pretty standard really.
Re: puppet eyes Posted by Angel in Tx on May 21, 2012
I don't know if I've used anything "weird"
but I have used:
styrofoam (not my fav)
dense foam practice golf balls
ping pong balls
plastic spoons-clear and white
craft foam
shrinky dinks
fabric circles and stuffing
purchased eyes
There could be more, but I can't remember right now.
Re: puppet eyes Posted by pagestep007 on May 21, 2012
I like to make fabric eyes, so that they sew or pin onto a head.Its more robust to sew, or temporary to pin , or double sided tape. Very seldom do I glue.Particularly useful in TV where you need to change characters a lot, and they don't reflect the light. I even cover spoons with fabric for the same reason. A common one I use is a card base, then foam glued to that( to pad or quilt it out), then covered with fabric, lids lashes whites irises and pupils all sewn as one covering.
Re: puppet eyes Posted by Rikka on May 21, 2012
I am quite boring that way... I use glas eyes...
Re: puppet eyes Posted by Lola on May 22, 2012
shrinky dinks
Angel - Shrinky dinks? REALLY??? Do you have pics?
Re: puppet eyes Posted by Puppetainer on May 22, 2012
I don't think "boring" is an adjective that can properly be applied to you Rikka.
Re: puppet eyes Posted by Angel in Tx on May 22, 2012
Lola, I think in my gallery the blue quartet puppets are there and have the shrinky dink eyes. It took some fiddling to cut them before I shrunk them to get the size I needed after. But it worked! I just glued them on with hot glue and they are NOT coming off!
Re: puppet eyes Posted by Angel in Tx on May 22, 2012
I found them. The two quartet guys in the middle have shrinky dink eyes and the little blonde boy in the choir group has them also.
Re: Re: puppet eyes Posted by polkaboy1027 on May 25, 2012
I am in the process of building a new puppet for our new show, I ordered 4" shatter proof (commercial type) Christmas ornaments to be used as eyes. Sand off the attachment point for the hook, paint it white, add the eye details, and spray with a flat clear coat. Once I have one done I will post a photo of it.