Making and Manipulating Marionettes is a superb guide to a craft and performance art that has fascinated audiences for over 2,000 years. Handsomely illustrated throughout, it presents precise instructions for the making of marionettes, both for plays and for acts in the variety tradition. All aspects of marionette design, construction, and control are covered, and there are rare insights into specialized designs and stringing techniques. Contents include an introduction to the marionette tradition and the principles and practicalities of marionette design; advice on materials and methods for carving, modeling, and casting puppet parts; detailed explanations for marionette control, stringing, and manipulation; step-by-step instructions for the construction and jointing of human and animal marionettes; and professional secrets for achieving a wide range of special effects.
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“A remarkable resource for those looking for a serious study of this interesting niche of performance arts.” -- Choice
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Making and Manipulating Marionettes is a superb guide to a craft and performance art that has fascinated audiences for over two thousand years. Handsomely illustrated throughout, it presents precise instructions for the making of marionettes, both for plays and for acts in the variety tradition. All aspects of marionette design, construction, and control are covered, and there are rare insights into specialized designs and stringing techniques. Contents include: an introduction to the marionette tradition and the principles and practicalities of marionette design; advice on materials and methods for carving, modeling, and casting puppet parts; detailed explanations for marionette control, stringing, and manipulation; step–by–step instructions for the construction and jointing of human and animal marionettes; and professional secrets for achieving a wide range of special effects.
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This is a gorgeously printed state-of-the-art book on marionette making. I have so many books from the past on this, but it is so delightful to see something current, and this is it. This is bound to become a collectible book. Be sure and get this one before it is out of print - I doubt many were made. Great stuff on trick marionettes, as well.
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Good reference on the subject,
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Very interesting book on creating and using marionettes. It touches on making a variety of different types, including making 4-legged animal marionettes, and using an assortment of materials. Well worth having on hand.
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My Favorite Kind of How To Book,
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Precise, organized, illustrated. One of my goals was to find out more about materials and here, because the author is British, I didn't receive the satisfaction I sought. Names of materials in the U.K. are likely different than in the U.S. (if found here at all) so I'd like to know what the U.S. versions are especially if i can just saunter down to the local Home Despot and pick it up cheap vs. ordering via the web.
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The term 'marionette' is used in English specifically for string puppets, to be distinguished from the French marionnette, which is a generic term for all types of puppet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gordon Staight, Paul Doran, John Wright, Shadowstring Theatre, Gren Middleton, John Roberts, Juliet Rogers, Movingstage Marionettes, Orlando Furioso New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The term 'marionette' is used in English specifically for string puppets, to be distinguished from the French marionnette, which is a generic term for all types of puppet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gordon Staight, Paul Doran, John Wright, Shadowstring Theatre, Gren Middleton, John Roberts, Juliet Rogers, Movingstage Marionettes, Orlando Furioso New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) by John Milton on page 10
- The River Girl (Childrens Poetry) by Wendy Cope on page 22
- Don Giovanni in Full Score by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on page 10
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