Of course in the rush to finish and deliver the puppet, I fail to take finished pictures.
Here are some almost finished pictures.
In the final version the support pole is trimmed and becomes a hand-rod inside a dryer vent neck. The neck is covered with a gold sequined fabric which runs up my arm to my shoulder. I made a one armed tunic. The arm from the tunic velcros into a large 3 fingered claw.
The head shape is made from 2 large salad bowls. Styrofoam rings are used as spacers between the bowls and they are held together with threaded rods, lock washers and nuts. The skin is glued on felt.
The eyes are built up from a nerf football, a ball-pit ball and some plastic bottle caps.
The mouth is a tupperware bowl.
The teeth are fun foam.
I wore blacks under the tunic and a black hood.
I wore some 3 toed (or clawed) foam-fabric feet that the ballet company had.
The puppet worked well in the ballet.
There are 2 issues with this puppet:
1. Once inside the puppet, I needed help to secure the velcro and to get back out.
2. The foam I used as hand grips did not absorb moisture. My hands were hot and humid. Next time I'll find a way to attach a wash cloth or something inside that can be washed and dried.
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