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77Puppets
Puppets are small figures of wood or pasteboard, manipulated either by one hand (glove puppets) or by wires (marionettes) held by a concealed showman who also speaks the dialogue, changing his voice to suit different characters.
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74Polymer Push Mold Doll Faces Tutorial
I always wanted to make my own doll faces but I thought it would be way too hard. The project intimidated me. One day I picked up a bunch of flesh toned Sculpey (Polymer Clay) with the intention of making my...
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72History of Puppetry
Puppet shows were a popular form of entertainment in some of the ancient Mediterranean civilizations, including those of Egypt, Greece, and Rome.After the fall of the Roman Empire, theatrical traditions were...
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70Enter Marionette Magic
A world without technology many eons ago, a source of entertainment was brought to children carrying messages and lessons with marionette puppet theaters. Can you imagine one today? A marionette is a...
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68ventriloquism for dummies : How to be a Ventriloquist
The first thing most people think about when they think about ventriloquism is a guy sitting on a stool on stage with a puppet on his lap joking back and forth together. While this sounds very basic, it can...
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66Hubs on the Origin of Puppetry
Puppetry is a form of performance which involves the manipulation of puppets. It is very ancient, and is believed to have originated 30,000 years BCE. Puppetry takes many forms but they all share the process...
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65The Many Uses of CrazyTalk - Create Your Own Movie, Cartoon or Animated Avatar
CrazyTalk’ is an extremely easy to use face puppetry animation system that can be used to great effect when applied to a wide variety of tasks. CrazyTalk allows users to create 3D talking characters from...
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65Finger Puppets
I've been busy designing finger puppets. Soon I'll sit still long enough to write all about it. But for now I'll just share some photos. The challenge I set for myself was to design one finger puppet with...
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65SOCK PUPPETRY AT THE NEW REPUBLIC; NJ GOP SENATE CANDIDATE ACCUSED OF SOCK PUPPETRY
"A senior editor of The New Republic was suspended and his blog was shut down on Friday after revelations that he was involved in anonymously attacking readers as "bloggofascists" who criticized his posts....
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64Has the use of puppets for entertainment ended with The Muppets?
If you are not a parent of small children or spend time around small children you may think that the use of puppets ended with The Muppets. In the age of computer animation and the attitude of got to have the...
