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DANCING MARIONETTE

GOTH ROCK

GOTH ROCK

Goth rock rocks the guitar. A little Marionette with a Head like a hole, drinks her coffee black like a soul…

LEONARDO: Protest Puppet

Paddy (DJ) wagon

The Controller

A big part of the puppet is the controller. I wanted something distinctive I could build myself. It must be manageable, flexible to accommodate a lot of sizes, strong but light, cheap, made with easy to find materials. After a lot of failures, and a trip to the Portland puppet museum, I settled on this one and restrung everything. After that was done, I realized my hand cuts were too messy so got a table saw, and stringing them all again.

The String

After I strung all the first set of 15 puppets with cotton string I realized that hemp is far superior. This is now the standard. It’s amazing string.

art by norville