Wooden Marionettes: Making Puppets from Scratch
Carving the Rest of the Puppet 1
A course by Luděk Burian , Wood Carver and Marionette Maker
About the video: Carving the Rest of the Puppet 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how to carve the rest of the body! Compared to the head, this stage of the process is quite straightforward. First, I will demonstrate how to make the hip. ”
In this video lesson Luděk Burian addresses the topic: Carving the Rest of the Puppet 1, 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
“ Carving the Rest of the Puppet In this lesson, we will carve the rest of the body. The most difficult part to carve, the head, is already done. Therefore, the body of our puppet will be very simple. The carving of the body is pretty straightforward, so in this lesson, I will focus more on showing you how to make the joints for each of the parts. We are going to start with the hip. For this, we first draw the centerline across the body. Now I am going to carve a rough draft of the leg so that I can calculate where the hip joint is going to be. We are now going to decide on the width of the...”
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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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