Wooden Marionettes: Making Puppets from Scratch
From Sketch to Wood
A course by Luděk Burian , Wood Carver and Marionette Maker
About the video: From Sketch to Wood
Overview
“Now that you're familiar with the necessary equipment, I will show you how to draw inspiration from a sketchbook and sketch a character. Then, we will transfer a pattern based on this character to a block of wood. This will prepare you for the later stages. ”
In this video lesson Luděk Burian addresses the topic: From Sketch to Wood, which is part of the Domestika online course: Wooden Marionettes: Making Puppets from Scratch. Learn sculpting and woodcarving techniques to design, build, and paint characterful marionettes.
Partial transcription of the video
“ From Sketch to Wood In this lesson, we'll sketch our puppet and transfer it onto the wood. We will start with a simple sketch of the future puppet. This will help us at the beginning to get an idea of the size, type of puppet, colors, and its character. Here, you can decide if it will be happy, sad, good, bad, a prince, a sailor, or a character from a fairy tale. It's up to you. I constantly doodle around so that when I decide to make a puppet, I have some good ideas ready. For this, I recommend that you keep a sketchbook with the doodles that are specific for puppets. Let me show you som...”
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Course summary for: Wooden Marionettes: Making Puppets from Scratch
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Woodworking
Luděk Burian
A course by Luděk Burian
Luděk Burian is a wood carver from The Czech Republic specializing in marionettes. He first taught himself how to carve as a hobby in 2010. After studying at construction school and working for several years in the industry, he realized it wasn’t the vocation for him and decided to turn his passion for puppetry into a career.
Since then, he has showcased his work in a solo exhibition at a puppet gallery in Prague alongside crafting custom pieces for private clients. Luděk also shares his woodenworks of art and creative process with over 30K followers on Instagram.
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