Making face armature
Face armature is one of the most challenging things in puppet making, since it’s so small, it has to make very subtle movements and...
Making a stop motion felt puppet
Lately we've been practicing a different puppet technique– needle felting. It is much cheaper and faster than silicone casting so it's...
Making the set - Part 3 - Sky and dunes
For the background we used a light blue fabric sheet stretched on the wall. In front of it we threaded lumps of acrylic fibers on a...
Making the set - Part 2- the yard
The yard Making the yard was one of the most fun parts, a little like making miniature gardening. First we built the stage - a few tables...
Making the set - Part 1- the house
The process of building the house began as always with research. I looked at lots of images of old houses, and made a combination from...
Making Animal toy puppets
Beside the silicone puppets we had to make some animal toy puppets. Most of them were made with a simple wire armature except for the big...
Puppet fabrication
Making eyes The eyes were made of 10 mm wooden beans. I filled the hole with Epoxy putty but not completely. I used a rounded head pin to...
Making Silicone puppets - Part 3 – legs
We used a very small scale (1:6) so we needed a very small armature. The smallest armature we found was almost not small enough, so I had...
Making Silicone puppets - Part 2 – hands
The hands were made in a similar method as the head, only without the master model and the silicone mold steps. The model First I made a...
Making Silicone puppets - Part 1 – The head
The puppets parts were made separately and joined together after casting. At first we thought of making a whole body casting but there...
