Friday, May 9, 2008

SIMPLE ROD PUPPETS




Well, I say simple, but they took me a whole Bank Holiday weekend of three days non-stop work to finish, and I'd already done most of the work on them!. Heads shaped out of fine blue polystyrene and covered with one layer of strips of newspaper and wallpaper paste. Painted with coat of white matt paint, two coats of flesh coloured acrylic, and a coat of Winsor and Newton Acrylic Gloss Varnish to give it a slight shine.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Specsavers Thunderbirds Commercial

I haven't been able to make anything lately, because I have been puppeteering on two TV commercials-the Specsavers Thunderbirds commercial, for British TV, and an Electrolux commercial for their new washing machine, with flying socks on strings, called Going Home.
The first one filmed in a studio in Clapham, South London over five days in March, and the Electrolux one in Lisbon, (because of the locations), over 3 days in April.
Specsavers on is out already, looks good, other one soon

Sunday, April 13, 2008




This is for Puppetgirl. It shows photos of the mechanisms inside Kevin's head; eyes and mouth.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Saturday, February 23, 2008

The Emperor's Nightingale


Courtier with beginning of hand and arm. Hand is mixture of Sculpey and woodfiller on wire armature.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

The Emperor's Nightingale


Beginning of Corridor outside the Emperor's small Throne Room, looking like a building site.