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Miscellaneous pages from a 1962 Sears Christmas Book.
For comparison purposes, $1 in 1962 = $6.51 in 2006 dollars, or $1 in 2006 = $0.15 in 1962.
we tried to made a muppet version of Craig. This was the shaggier, beardier version - later we replaced the shaggy beard with a tidier burlap version!
©A.Capellmann
Minolta XE-1; MC W.ROKKOR 28mm f/1:2; Agfa APX100@400ISO
1h semi-stand dev. Adox Adonal 1:100, adofix
The wife's fights Saturday and Sunday were performed as a 'puppet' fight. Two mages control them with magic and battle it out.
(transferring the camera over to my son didn't go so smoothly, so a slight bit missing)
One very popular form of entertainment in Prague are its puppet theatres, and you’ll find puppets for sale in many of the souvenir shops in the tourist areas.
Marionettes first came to Bohemia in the late 1600s, brought in by performers from across Europe, notably France, Italy and the Netherlands, but by the 1700s, the Czechs had established their own companies.
At first these puppets were almost lifesized, and were used as a cheaper alternative to paying real actors. Some shows used only puppets whilst others had a combination of live actors and marionettes, depending on what they could afford. Eventually though, as the puppet makers developed their skills and wanted to experiment, they began to make more stylised puppets, using the form and appearance of the puppet to portray or emphasise certain attributes of the character.
Today you’ll find various performances running in Prague, perhaps the most famous being the National Marionette Theatre in the Old Town, which famously performs Mozart’s Don Giovanni using puppets (Don Giovanni also has a strong connection with Prague, having had its world premiere here in 1787).
Puppets is actually a general conclusion based upon the other photographs. The chess board pattern on the floor, walls and ceiling suggests that once controlled, people end up taking irrational decisions that eventually will leave them in impossible situations. The human element is set alongside a giant chess pawn in order to emphasize how far governments and corporations can go in order to manipulate us into working in their interest. Ever since we are born, we are indoctrinated with their ideas and suggestions, so much so that in the end we no longer realize they are there, in the shadows, telling us what to do.
Hakka Puppets, Tulou Roundhouse
Near YongDing, Fujian, China
For my birthday I've got a group of my favorite pix from last month's visit to the Hakka Tulou dwellings. The first photo in the set has links and much more information on this group of ancient, unique homes.
I challenged the members of my new workshop site to make needle felted finger puppets and now I can't stop making them.
Needle Felted Fairy Finger Puppet
My wife makes puppets. These 3 puppets are on their way to Belise (but not in the dory!) with a group from Christ Church Cathedral www.christchurchcathedral.com/ who are going on a mission trip to Belise.
You can also see a variation on this picture here.
This two sided pendant use different bits of watercolor clay and strips of scrap clay...lots of fun! The upper picture can look like a desert scene or a threatening monster if you turn it upside down!
I have no idea who these two girls were or where they came from but I loved this. The puppets were playing along to I Could Be Happy by Altered Images, which I was particularly impressed with since their puppetmasters (mistresses?) clearly hadn't even been born in the 1980s. Cheapside Street Fayre, Celebrate the City, in the Square Mile of the City of London. June 2012
Edit: It's The Little Theatre Of Dolls (Frida Alvinzi and Raisa Veikkola). They're not just puppeteers, they also build the puppets and write the plays. And they were born in the 1980s after all, but still aren't old enough to remember Altered Images. (Thanks Abaraphobia for identifying them.)
Puppets to make, from Paper Arts and Crafts for Teachers and Group Leaders, by the Dennison Crepe Paper company, now sadly defunct. Page 1 of 2.
the czech obsession with puppetry fascinates me. it's like an exercise in irony -- having been hapless puppets of the germans and russians, the only viable retaliation is art.
This water puppet theater performance lasted approximately 45 minutes. I am used to Regal Cinemas in Portland, Oregon where these huge warnings are given. "Turn off your cell phones. No recording under penalty of both hands being removed from your body…" or something like that. Hanoi, no warnings, no rules. Cameras, videos, cell phones, iPads, samsung tablets--all allowed. So this is my contribution to the fray. Live performers/musicians on the left side. Puppeteers behind the curtain manipulating everything in the water. Next to me, two young kids, both with ADHD, bouncing off the seats. Attention spans of about 30 seconds. Three seats for two adults and two kids. The father finally got up and moved to a different row leaving the mom with two hyperactive kids and me. great performance anyway.