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 ‘puppets’
The Sultan’s Elephant
Posted in Inspirations, tagged dolls, England, marionettes, puppets, videos on July 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s all in the eyes
Posted in Inspirations, tagged creatures, creepy, dolls, eyes, Jim Henson, masks, muppets, puppets, weird on March 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Most of the faces I make don’t have eyes. When I was much younger and painted, my figures usually had their eyes closed. Later on, I became fascinated with masks, but almost all of mine had hollow spaces there (if worn, they might be filled by human eyes, but otherwise they stared, empty, from the [...]
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 [...]
