Three of our new, larger scaled marionettes are now ready for construction!
The body parts, for the first three marionettes, are now completed, fully cured and ready to be pieced together. Also the three completed costumes are ready to be applied.
These two pics show the newly sculpted, painted heads and the completed costume elements for the White Witch and the Gingerbread Witch.
Anne Boleyn is also ready for her final treatments.
Their hair will be applied tomorrow and then the completed joining elements will be added - legs, arms and sculpted torso - leading to the two handed controllers being strung and attached to the marionettes. We decided on the two handed option as it will grant more flexible mobility to the marionettes movement.
An image of our carved hand blocks,
which are used to make a mould.
This leaves a further three creations, to be built over the coming weeks, which will complete our first major collection of specially designed, sculpted and hand painted pieces.