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CARDIFF NOW & THEN

Puppet Making & Performing

Director - Lucy Hall

Production Photographed by Kirsten McTernan

GOOSE PUPPET

DESIGN

It's a Canada Goose named Claire. She just arrived in this city, watched a rugby game and decided to go the bar for a chilling night...

MECHANISM

One man puppet. The wings need to be able to spread out, fold back and flapping; the legs and feet need to go back to the body while flying and stand on the ground while resting; The head and the neck need to go up as resting and go forward as flying. 

All these will be controlled by strings in goose belly.

MAKING PROCESS

Shape of the goose, pattern cutting.

Use clay to shape the head of the goose

Based on the sculpting, use worbla

Wings basic drawings

Mechanism of the wings - spreading and folding

Goose feet

Attaching legs with the supporting board - using spring to hold the feet

The Goose Mechanism

The Goose Mechanism

Rendering for skins

Fabric Feather

Goose back Feather

Goose

Head Final

Goose in the pub

MECHANISM TESTING

PRODUCTION PHOTOS

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