Wooden Marionettes: Making Puppets from Scratch
How to Use a Puppet
A course by Luděk Burian , Wood Carver and Marionette Maker
About the video: How to Use a Puppet
Overview
“Time to act, time to play, time to entertain! Your puppet comes to life in this lesson. I will share with you my basic puppet-controlling skills so that you can take any child, parent, or grandparent on a trip through their imagination.”
In this video lesson Luděk Burian addresses the topic: How to Use a Puppet, 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
“In this lesson, I want to show you a little bit how I control the Puppet. I am not a professional puppeteer that is a field on itself. My job is to build them, but of course I have to test them so I know some basics. important. I recommend that you practice in front of mirror. It will help you learn much better. First of all, This is how you hold a vertical controller You rest the moving part on the thumb and middle finger and you don't grab the center part. Try not to let it slip. Just feel comfortable. Very importantly, when you are learning is to go step by step. First you learn to move ...”
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Course summary for: Wooden Marionettes: Making Puppets from Scratch
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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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