I had designed circus characters and made each one into a string puppet out of paper. These I photographed on a set. Rather than producing a traditional story I produced four page layouts based around small alphabet poems. The final arrangement of these four spell out the word HELP. H is for hearts that shatter [...]
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Circus family
Posted in Circus Family brief, my own work, tagged circus family, paper on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photographing the puppets
Posted in Circus Family brief on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I built a set out of paper and kept the props minimalist as i didn’t want them to distract from the puppets. Using professional lighting and and camera I took photographs of my puppets in the various positions to show the stages of the story I have copmposed. It took a while to get the [...]
Marionettes
Posted in Circus Family brief, tagged marionettes, paper, puppets, string puppets on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Because of the gangly nature of my characters I decided to try making one as a string puppet. I made it out of a wire centre with paper and masking tape. Over a few weeks I made the strongman, female acrobat, circus master, horse rider, male acrobat and the Pierrot. I painted them white and [...]
Original charactor drawings
Posted in Circus Family brief on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My original drawings had been created on white paper using black in, monoprint and pencil. I added different papers in varying shades of brown and cream for the clothing and used some watercolour and coffee for the shading. I decided as my circus has an old, tatty, 20th century feel I would keep all the [...]
Julie Arkell
Posted in Circus Family brief on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I discovered Julie Arkell whilst looking at the Ruthin Craft Centre website. I immediately noticed the link to my own work and have since ordered the publication of her work from the Centre. I really like the textures she has created and how you can see the newspaper print on the figures. I prefer her 3D work to her [...]
Marionettes
Posted in Circus Family brief on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Circus Family brief on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The circus has been established in different ancient societies including the Romans, Greeks and the Chinese dynasty. The modern version with the tent arrived from America in the 1800s. Exotic animals have been popular right up until recently where the animal rights issues have been enforced. Clowns, acrobats, equestrian acts and people with unusual abilities have always been [...]
Family Brief
Posted in Circus Family brief on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was given a brief to create a family. It could be any sort of charactors but had to have at least three members. Thr next brief was to storyboard and complete a story involving the family where the experienced some sor of problem and over came it together. I chose the circus as a [...]
