Here are some very simple puppets that my big sister gave me a few years ago (she was going to throw them out, but wondered if i might like them... how long has she known me??) Clive had posted one very similar, in terms of simple construction, but i can't seem to find his post on the Artlog to link to, maybe i imagined it? (help me out Clive!). Only the arms are moved by two strings, but there's still loads of character and expression achievable. Are they from a particular story? and what Nationality? I can take a ball park guess in terms of East European, but if anyone can speculate more i'm happy to hear about it. Anyway, i like them. They hang on my home studio door... next to that little mirror that says "This Is Not You"on it .... and it's not : )
These are beautiful. What a shame it would have been to throw them out!
ReplyDeleteI think they're Czech. The heads and hands will be made of 'composition', and the legs and feet of wood. These little sets tend to be of generic characters: King, Queen, Grandmother, Princess, Witch etc. Often a traditional 'joker/trickster' like the figure on the left of the second image down.
ReplyDeleteI've made a couple Puppet-Challenge-Catch-Up pages at the Artlog, with all of the items Peter and I have have produced over the past months. If you go to this link:
http://clivehicksjenkins.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/puppet-catch-up-clives-posts/
… click on 'Czech Puppet Maker Bara Hubena' to see the simple Czech puppets you recall.
Peter's Puppet Challenge posts may be found here:
http://clivehicksjenkins.wordpress.com/2014/03/08/puppet-catch-up-peters-posts/
Cheers.