These puppets range from my senior year of high school, through college, to current day.
Cocoon and his siblings.
Greeth, Groom, Sheet Ghost, and Cocoon.
Just Like You is a photography collection of portrait-style images of my puppets existing as a family unit.
Full puppet view.
Cocoon gazes out of a window.
Cocoon is fitted with a wire armature with leg, arm, and neck joints made with beads for a greater range of motion. Cocoon's sweater is hand-knitted with embroidery thread and one-sized needles.
Materials: Sculpey polymer clay, faux fur, packaging foam, barge cement, wire, yarn, thread, acrylic paint, embroidery thread, wooden beads, wooden thread spool, paper thread spools, miniature button, lace, pillow case, fleece, and nail polish clear coat.
Full puppet view.
Captain Elton Prawn looks to the horizon.
Materials: Sculpey polymer clay, tin foil, Worbla, wire, knitting needle, clothing hangers, velvet napkins, sparkly fabric, lace, faux feathers, faux fur, plastic bottle, letter opener sword, leather, faux diamonds, belt buckle, tie line, acrylic paint, wooden dowels, scrap wood, and eyelet screws.
Close up of purple eye.
Closed eyes of box puppet.
Front of box puppet.
The eyes on this 5-foot puppet can blink when a performer hides on the inside.
Materials: large box used to transport a laser cutter, several pounds of found objects (toys, buttons, beads, letter/number magnets, dominoes, game pieces, etc.), hot glue, velvet, fleece ping pong balls, acrylic paint, rubber bands, and clothing hangers.
Gubbins stares off while thinking about candy.
Gubbins on set.
Gubbins pats his candy-filled tummy.
Gubbins has replacement eyes and mouths to change his expressions during the film. These are attached to his foam-filled head with sewing pins. Gubbins' sweater is hand-knitted with embroidery thread and one-sized needles.
Materials: fleece, wire, yarn, buttons, thermoplastic pellets, Worbla, sewing pins, embroidery thread, thread, upholstery foam, tin foil, and plastic bits for chewed candy.
A cautionary tale following Gubbins about how one should only take what they need. Take any more, and something mysterious may happen.
Full puppet view.
Greeth holds for a portrait.
Materials: Sculpey polymer clay, tin foil, Worbla, wire, knitting needle, clothing hangers, pillow case, ribbon, lace, tie line, acrylic paint, wooden dowels, scrap wood, eyelet screws, buttons, and sewing pins.
Full puppet view.
Groom introduces himself.
Materials: Sculpey polymer clay, tin foil, Worbla, wire, knitting needle, clothing hangers, pillow case, fleece, lace, tie line, acrylic paint, wooden dowels, scrap wood, eyelet screws, buttons, and sewing pins.
Rod gives illusion that he controls his own mouth when operating the jaw.
Materials: Sculpey polymer clay, tinfoil, hot glue, krazy glue, foam, clothing hanger, yarn, sew-on snaps, faux fur, and acrylic paint.
This puppet is a hand puppet with a blinking eye mechanism.
Materials: EVA foam, cardboard, plastic vampire teeth, erasers, ping pong balls, hangar wire, tin foil, hot glue, fabric, aluminum wire, rubber bands, wooden dowel, and acrylic paint.