Design Gallery
Art of Puppet Making 3
The art of puppet making-Body and Stringing mechanism
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The colour palette and brushes to start the colouring process.
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The predominant base colour is applied.
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The putty primer base makes it easy to receive colour.
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Left to dry before application of the next coat of colour.
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Once the larger area is coloured, the finer detailing begins.
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The choice of colours is in line with the character it represents.
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The use of contrasting colours to highlight the features.
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The finer expressive features such as eyes are done towards the end.
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A traditional character ‘Vidhooshaka’ or story teller takes life.
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Shades and finer detailing give life to the puppet.
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The complete puppet ‘Pintooji’ all set to take stage.
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Waiting for the puppeteer to help them make their entry on stage.
Traditional Puppet Making is a deliberate process that uses a variety of traditional and modern Materials and Techniques. After the face is made, the body and stringing mechanism has to be devised. The Body of the puppet completes the character, with its shape, accessories depicting the character and the stringing mechanism needed to finally move and play the puppet. The following slides capture the process of creating the body and stringing mechanism, using low cost, light weight material. These photographs of students works have been documented during the puppet making open elective at NID, R&D campus, Bangalore.
For more details:http://dsource.in/course/puppet-making
