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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.
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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 |
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 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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