Aliiak
Yea, I do design and make... made about 20, including a huge 3 person whale, in about five weeks or so. It was pretty intense but very fun. I am making a baby muppet style puppet at the moment for another show.
Making is really fun, I enjoy the problem solving aspect of it, you should really get into it.
Can't wait to see yours, did you settle on Olwen for the name?
That is wonderful. What I wouldn't give to be doing stuff like that!
And the notion of a three person whale is incredibly cool. (Sorry for the following somewhat random story) I had a dream about whales a few months ago and my mind has been planning out how to draw the dream... I just started trying to work out how it would work in puppet form.
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... although, to be honest, my designing would suck, but I'd love to make and use them.
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Part of my problem with making them, at the moment, is that I plan them out in my head and when I reach a problem I can't work out what to do, so I'm too scared to start. I kind of know that if I just go ahead and
start one, it'll be easier to solve problems with it sitting in front of me... but I keep panicking and not trying at all.
Yes, she's definitely a Olwen. I can't see her as anything else now. I'm trying to practice her voice now - but practising isn't happening as much as it should because we're in the middle of moving and things are getting a little frantic.