Building a Better Hand Puppet - Tips and Techniques
Title:
Building a Better Hand Puppet - Tips and Techniques
Year:
2023
Original Order:
17914
Game:
2023-SEM23ND240850
Group:
Puppetry Program
Short Description:
The internet is filled with patterns & pictures of fleecy friends, but if you want to build your own characters, you need an approach that that gives you strong results & makes your puppet expressive.
Long Description:
Puppets are not sculptures, they need to move! Building a puppet that moves well, stays light, and won’t break is the real key. We will look at the function of each part of the puppet, and then explore some tried and true ways that I have been building puppets for decades. Greg Ballora will emphasize taking a drawing and creating an easy blueprint that leads to success! For more than 30 years, Greg has been a Los Angeles-based puppet builder & performer. He has puppeteered with the Muppets, Henson’s Puppet Up, & was the Puppet Captain on Disney’s Crash & Bernstein. Greg has also been a Puppet Master for the Disneyland Resort, building puppets, training puppeteers, teaching students & creating parade choreography for puppets & large floats. Greg has taught puppet construction & performance at UCLA, Pepperdine University, Penn State & Cal Arts.
Event Type:
SEM - Seminar
Minimum Players:
2
Maximum Players:
160
Age Required:
Everyone (6+)
Experience Required:
None (You've never played before - rules will be taught)