Remember the scene in The Sound of Music when the children perform a puppet show about the girl and goat herder? Didn’t it make you yearn to put on a puppet show of your very own? Well, even if it didn’t, you now have an opportunity to create a one-of-a-kind marionette of your own design. We will begin by sculpting a head with polymer clay, and then creating articulating limbs. Clothe your creation in simple-to-sew, colorful garments and then learn how to rig the puppet to the strings and bars. With a little practice, your marionette will be dancing on a stage. The techniques we will employ will be sculpting basic facial features, creating different textures using everyday objects, using paints and dyes to develop brilliant effects, hand-sewing simple garments, and rigging the puppet.
Materials Fee $30 paid at beginning of class includes:
1 lb. Original Sculpey white polymer clay
One set of rubber tipped sculpting tools
One set of metal ball styluses
Wooden cross pieces to make the controller
Wire for the body armature
Fishing line for rigging the marrionette
For use by students:
acrylic and alcohol inks
stamps and other objects for creating texture
black acrylic paint
a variety of fabric scraps, ribbons, and trims for making costumes
hand sewing supplies
Supplies Needed to bring for Class:
Paint brushes in a range of sizes and styles (smallish sizes)
paper towels
Water basin for washing brushes
Stamps, buttons, coins, keys and other objects for creating texture (optional)
Fabric scraps, ribbons and trim for making costumes (6” x 6” or larger) (optional)