Customer Reviews

Making and Manipulating Marionettes

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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.

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.

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.

How does a church compete with video games, Ipods and 3-D? By finding something that children don't experience often. Marionettes were a way to get the whole church involved: carpenters to make them, seamstresses to cloth them, teens to build sets and manipulate them, and youngsters to watch the plays.

This book was very useful.

This is a great book for people who are just starting out. The pictures are colorful and informative. There are a whole bunch of construction options to choose from, so you don't have to try it just one way. It helps you with demensions and such. My only wish is that it had a list of places to get some of the materials. Or resource websites to help out with finding resources. Other than that, I loved it.

Beautiful book. Well illustrated and informative. I am a woodcarver and have been wanting to make one on these for awhile. I bought the book but haven't started the marionette yet. Very good pictures and illustrations on how to make this. I have looked at several books through the years and have always came back to this one so I decided to purchase and have no regrets.