This puppet stands approximately 3 feet tall. His head is made out of papiermache and his body is slotted plywood (visualize a paperdoll.) He weighs about four pounds. To make the head smooth, I first sculpted it in clay (waterbased,) then I made a plaster cast of it, I pressed the papiermache into the mold and did 8 layers of sanding and gessoing. (gesso is a plaster-like primer used in painting)
In our Pinocchio we use marionettes, found-objects, live actors and a style of theater called Czechoslovakian Black
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