Jack and the flum flum tree!!

puppets!

Today was all about finishing the puppets just adding the last few touches so that the actors could use them within the creative space and get a feel for how to use them and how they might want to adapt their character. This week is the devising week so its all about getting to know how they move within the space and the chosen scenery.

birds and feet

Today was the development of the birds by adding wool to the outside, the plan was that the birds would almost be like the grandma was going with the children by making birds from wool because there is a reference to knitting with the grandma. i think this made them have character and a nice touch, the other thing i was doing today was shaping the feet for the larger puppets, these were made from wood shaped using a stanley blade and sandpaper.

birds!

the next stage is to carry on developing the bird puppets and the start of the body for the small puppets that will represent the characters in the book. The birds needed a few layers of tissue paper and gum tape and then painting to the right colours from the book.

bamboozle puppets!

 

Working with Sue Pyecroft at Bamboozle we are working on the story of 'Jack and the Flum flum tree' by Julia Donaldson. For the story we are working on the puppets that would be used with in rehearsals and devising week, we started by looking at the birds that are representations of the main characters within the book. I made a prototype of a bird that had wings that would move as it flew by using springs in the wings, the main body is made from a polystyrene shape with wings and tail added. we were also asked to repair a few of the puppets that were there and I chose to repair the trousers on the puppet from 'where the wild things are'.

lots more priming!

 My main jobs for today and yesterday were priming things that would later need more textures and colour adding to them, I also was able to mix up some stuff including artex and adding idenden and bonding agent to make the right texture needed for the fireplace. The set was also being assembled today so i got to watch that fall into place, it was really different seeing everything put together compared to seeing it all laid out whilst working on it.

placement day 2

Today I was carrying on with what I was doing yesterday which was helping out adding paint to parts of the set,i started by painting the windows seats with a base coat and then moving onto mixing a grey that would be added to the edges of the pathway to blend together better when the pieces are put together. I also helped by adding texture to some of the flats that were supposed to look like plastered walls, I found this texturing harder because it was hard to get the right look before the plaster dried.

first day at placement (rocket scenery)

 http://www.rocketscenery.co.uk/

My first day at placement was with rocket scenery, I really enjoyed the first day I was welcomed straight away and got stuck into painting the stairs as my first job. The production that they're working on is called Blythe spirit that is going into the west end. Its a pretty busy week and there are plenty of jobs that i can get on with mostly with painting but also with the option of going into the workshop.

the top left picture is of the model box, the design is an old cottage so there are a lot of textures and old finishes that are added.