flamingo animation.wmv

animal animation

puppet animation no3

This is a puppet animation of my wooden puppet. I used wire for her arms and legs which allowed the wood pieces to move better and gave her more flexibility when stringing her.

Limberjack puppets

The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History held a festival with several tables with information about the history inside the Museum as well as a lot of examples of some of the items during the time period. At the festival there were chuckwagons, cattle, tools being made, an astrology area to look at the moon, women making belts and other items out of yarn, and finally a celtic band which performed a wonderful puppet show. The puppets used are called Limber Jack Puppets. They are made out of wood and have one handle in the back to hold the puppet while hitting the piece of wood underneath the puppets feet to make the puppet move. Above is a video demonstrating the movement of the puppet.

puppet animation no2.wmv

Animating our puppets is a very important part of learning about the movement of puppets as well as how they will perform in our puppet show. Frankie and I battled our puppets and animated our puppets in this "puppet fight" in order to learn more about how to string our puppets and perform them for an audience.