Final Puppet

Fur attaching process

Painted and ready for fur

Hands and feet finished and eyes put in.

Puppet so far.....

Hands, feet and nose added & eyes cut out.

Nutcracker Puppet; plastazote

Moving on from the cardboard we have began to make the structure to are puppets out of the plastazote and will then put appropriate finishes onto them.

The torso and the head and the torso without any arms or legs attached yet. The ears have been heat formed to give them a better shape.

Full body minus the hands and feet ready to be carved.

Nutcracker Puppet; cardboard test

From technical sheets I have created through using a design of someone else's I had been given I created a cardboard template that could then be used for the final plastazote version.

Front and side views

Nutcracker Project

We were given three weeks to come up with a concept and create 20 designs for the chosen characters in a ballet performance of the Nutcracker (traditional tutus were band). This is what I came up with...

A few development sheets 

Final Design Sheets