A haunting video of “The Sultan’s Elephant,” a giant marionette show in the streets of London, where the main character, a little girl, is operated by cranes and pulleys and huge cables, and yet has an undeniable aura of life to her. Her eyes, especially, are so real.
Posts Tagged ‘marionettes’
The Sultan’s Elephant
Posted in Inspirations, tagged dolls, England, marionettes, puppets, videos on July 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Conjoined Twins and Cursed Mummies
Posted in Inspirations, tagged animation, marionettes, music, stop motion, videos on February 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Just a couple of wonderful, artistic music videos to share here… The first is for the song “Evelyn Evelyn” by the musical act of the same name (conjoined sisters brought to you by Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley). Stop motion animation beautifully renders this sad song about the twins’ lives into visual art. The second [...]
Ci Annwn – a doll for Hallows
Posted in Crafts, tagged animals, bones, costume, creepy, dog, dolls, England, folklore, Halloween, marionettes, pagan, photos, Wild Hunt on November 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This years Hallows celebration involved some pretty heavy ritual where I donned the guise of the Master of the Wild Hunt (more along British folklore traditions than Scandinavian, but I digress…). As part of the costume, I made a spirit vehicle in the form of a doll – something to represent an actual spirit, in [...]
Subversive Henson
Posted in Inspirations, tagged Jim Henson, marionettes, puppetry, puppets, videos, weird on August 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As I said in my last post, I have a deep fascination with and love for puppetry, so of course I’ve always been a fan of Jim Henson. (Especially since he is responsible for my favorite movie of all time, Labyrinth.) The muppets were always, in their way, kind of subversive. But apparently Henson was [...]
Dolls Are Creepy
Posted in Inspirations, tagged art, creepy, dolls, etsy, film, marionettes, puppets, videos on August 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
There, I said it. Dolls are really creepy. Not just strange dolls, dolls that are intentionally weird or kind of goth or old-fashioned (don’t even get me started on creepy puppets and marionettes, those will probably be another post altogether, because I love them even more), but old dolls you find in thrift stores and [...]
