To update a previous entry, I decided on 2′ marionettes, and made my first marionette head yesterday. I need to buy more materials before I can complete it, however, and as I am skinned, it will have to wait until next weekend at the earliest. Also, I learned that I do have access to a rudimentary sound system. I can use Danny Boy’s amplifier (which I had forgotten he owned) and his microphones (if he can find them). It’s basic, but it will suffice for now (and will certainly serve better than the borrowed karaoke machine to which I unhappily resorted during the last performance when the expected sound system was not present at the venue).
Danny Boy and I sculpted four additional puppet heads of the glove puppet variety (and all for Punch & Judy). Daniel made another Joey the Clown (he was unsatisfied with the previous one), a Hangman, and another Devil. I made yet another Punch (and this may be the one).
The marionette I started, incidentally, is a pirate. Once I get the hang of it, I’ll start making characters of a more definite identity.