"Titten Tei" vs. "Hepatitten Tei"

Now the puppet is made, and can begin his "life journey".

But I thought I'd show you some reference pictures of the puppet my character is based on.



A generation of Norwegians have grown up with "Titten Tei" on tv.
He was a very kind and sweet character, and we all loved him.



Now it's time for his unknown half-brother to appear from the dark... ;)
A vicious and hateful puppet, that only thinks of bad things to do.
Drinking, smoking and with an awful temper.



So now it's off to conquer the world!

Moooo-haaaa-haaaa-haaaa-haaaa!

Highly recommended!

And for those of you who haven't checked out the excellent puppet website yet:
http://www.puppetsinprague.eu/

I highly recommend the course if you want to learn more about puppetry and the art of carving.

And if you haven't checked out my work ;)

http://effektmakeren.no/

Peace.

Summary day

Today we gathered and Mirek had a recap on every detail of designing, drawing, construction etc.
All the small details, tools, materials and so on.





I filmed yesterday's performance, and are now trying to create a DVD film of it.

Performance

The day of performance.
We rehearsed the show a couple of times on the place.
A local cafe.








And at 18.30 we performed for an audience of about 25 people.

I think we did ok.
And after the show we were all received a diploma and the "puppet Oscar" ;)
For our outstanding work and performance. ;)





I managed to tangle all the strings on the puppet so much, I had to take it apart :S

I'll restring it tomorrow.

Day 11

Practice and show rehearsals today.




The show will be on Friday afternoon, not Saturday.




One of the legs on my puppet got slightly broken. Glued it and put a leatherpiece over it - like a
"bandaid".







More rehearsals.




Now off to relax and grab a few... ;)

Day 10

Today we all had to finish our puppets.
So we could started practicing and figuring out what to perform on Saturday's puppet show/event.







We stared to improvise different themes, and from this we created a storyline.
I think we have come up with some pretty good stories
;) - now we need to refine them and practice.
And find "the red line" for the show.





Also "learned" two children songs, to be performed at the show.

Wired and stringed the small puppets too, and finished the details.
I'm happy with how they turned out.













Tomorrow more puppet practice and to create the show.

Dinnertime

Day 9 - part 2

Mirek is looking over my shoulder now, slightly annoyed it seems - since I focus a bit too much on the turtle and bunny puppets. ;)







So I got started on the painting of Hepatitten Tei .
Made a large batch of pinkish color and gave him a base coat.







And then using a few washes of darker reds and brown.
Started to glue loops of hair/yarn into the holes in the head by poking them inside with a rod.




Finished the controller.





Then a bit of costuming. I have weathered alot since this picture. Torn and filthy. ;)
Need to attach the turtleneck on the sweater tomorrow.




Mirek stayed late today, so around 20 o'clock we started to string the puppet to the controller.




But to hungry to do more work today, so i left him hanging there... ;)









Tomorrow - finish line...

Late dinner now. :)