My BBG buddies are off to the four corners of the world right now. I'm home, missing them, but keeping myself very busy. I've been working on some dolls and puppets for the video I'll be doing with a young man I met at the Salem Art Fair earlier this year. He's a puppet maker, sort of in the style of Jim Henson's Muppets. When he came across my booth he brought up the idea of a collaboration. The story line so far: his muppet alien monster is getting therapy from Freud (being played by my Leon Trotsky doll). There are dreams and nightmares discussed, involving mean teachers, ballerinas, etc. Here is Mean Teacher #1, finished. Notice in the detail shot, even Jesus is looking kind of crotchety in this classroom! Must be a tough bunch of kids! (Can you tell I've been subbing lately?)
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Mean teacher #2 (based on one of my real life 4th grade teachers!) (She's still waiting for her classroom to be ready...)![]() |
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Frida and Diego will be playing the parts of Alien's mother and father. This is the first time I've made a cloth and clay hand puppet! I may be tweaking Frida's costume a bit, and Diego is waiting for the tailor to finish his gray suit.
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Shadow boxes have also been painted for scenery. So far our filming schedule has been pushed back several times, but we'll get it done one of these days, and when we do I'll be sure to post the video here! In the meantime, some of these characters will be going to the Corvallis Fall Festival this weekend. If they sell... I guess I'll have to recreate them for the next time we schedule filming!
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