Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 12:20:49 -0800 (PST)
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet Collaborations


Mathieu, I usually spend about 4-5 weeks building a puppet/marionette, sometimes more. As for finding insignificant the experience gained with this project, either I would build a puppet for this project or one for myself, it's the same old me building it. For the last 20 years I picked and choose what materials I like best or what building technique serves my purpose.Several times, I volunteered or asked to help with meeting the deadline in the workshop of the theater back in Romania. The puppets and the sets built there were designer=92s concept, so I did what I was instructed to and working with the materials chosen by the designer in a style determined by her. Today, I'm still using papier mache for it's unbeatable qualities, still carving into polystyrene for speeding the process of making any part of a puppets body, or using knitting thread as fur, I mean a varied number of materials. I choose between different building techniques, learned from
 books or discovered by myself.So, there's no arrogance in my answer, but a sincere opinion. I know my limits very well and at the moment I cannot do better. My website is under construction at the moment.Carolina

--- On Mon, 12/8/08, Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> wrote:

From: Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet Collaborations
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 11:18 AM

Carolina, thanks for the precisions about how you see this project.

The puppets were not necessarily to be shipped, unless the entire group 
deems it important.
 I do agree that to have them all in one place for some time would be 
interesting, maybe a performance or an exhibit.

On top of the logistical difficulties, and much more important, is the 
motivation for each participant.
I strongly believe that building a single body part per person would be less 
motivating than building a whoel creature.


I'm curious about what you meant with the quote:
"I see a financial loss in this project and insignificant experience gain 
for myself."

Yikes, I'd love to see your marionettes, to see what a high level of skills

and achievement it takes to be made so confident that an exercise in real 
collaboration and exploration would be insignificant.
Do you have a website? 

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