I have been working on shadow puppets for a puppet show we put on this weekend. I was in charge of the shadow puppets and without the help of my dear friend, Laurie, I would not have been able to do it. I simply could not get my skeletons to dance as they needed to. It was beyond me. In desperation I called and Laurie came to my rescue.
Again.
As she has done so many times in the past.
And they worked splendidly. The show was a success and the shadow puppets were very well received. The next time I will have a better understanding of what they are capable of and what I can do with them.
The skeleton dance was quite nice. Long enough for most of the shadow puppets to be seen. The other shadow bits were good too, although every performance there were emergency repairs needed.
I made most of the shadow puppets from foamcore. Then I duct taped them to dowel rods of various lengths and thicknesses-depending on the weight of the shadow puppet. Tonight, for example, the ringing bell fell off the steeple completely. I had to quickly reattach it and make sure it still rocked back and forth with the strings before my cue to put it up on the screen. Yesterday Rosena's dowel snapped off as she was "crash landing" off sight of the screen. Thankfully she had already left the sight of the audience, otherwise they would have seen the breaking dowel.
Oh, and yesterday I also judged the costume contest before the parade. What a lot of fun that was! I had a great time with that. I thought the most clever costume was the lady dressed as a paper doll. Brilliant.
It was certainly a lot of work to pull this off, but well worth it. I learned a lot of interesting stuff, and really enjoyed it, too.
Again.
As she has done so many times in the past.
And they worked splendidly. The show was a success and the shadow puppets were very well received. The next time I will have a better understanding of what they are capable of and what I can do with them.
The skeleton dance was quite nice. Long enough for most of the shadow puppets to be seen. The other shadow bits were good too, although every performance there were emergency repairs needed.
I made most of the shadow puppets from foamcore. Then I duct taped them to dowel rods of various lengths and thicknesses-depending on the weight of the shadow puppet. Tonight, for example, the ringing bell fell off the steeple completely. I had to quickly reattach it and make sure it still rocked back and forth with the strings before my cue to put it up on the screen. Yesterday Rosena's dowel snapped off as she was "crash landing" off sight of the screen. Thankfully she had already left the sight of the audience, otherwise they would have seen the breaking dowel.
Oh, and yesterday I also judged the costume contest before the parade. What a lot of fun that was! I had a great time with that. I thought the most clever costume was the lady dressed as a paper doll. Brilliant.
It was certainly a lot of work to pull this off, but well worth it. I learned a lot of interesting stuff, and really enjoyed it, too.