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This is the blog of prop artisan, theatre BFA technical production student, crafting-art junkie, and a newbie cosplay costumer Moondancer Drake. I love learning new techniques whenever I can, and here is where I share what I am learning on campus and off whether it be costuming, prop related, millinery tidbits, or even puppertry. Enjoy!

Friday, March 14, 2014

Meet Jaz

My newest puppet creation. She's a compilation of several friends of mine, and a touch of myself.  I still have to add some final touches, but as my first attempt at doing a person rather than an animal I'm pretty pleased with how she turned out. I'll post her final look when I do the last touches over Spring Break.


Monday, March 10, 2014

Falcor Puppet

I am so tired of sewing on sequins, but I finally finished my Falcor puppet.  He's a sock style puppet which goes all the way up my arm to my shoulder. The body and head are a mix of white craft fur and lame, with white leather used for the features. I sewed the scales/sequins one at a time over the lame and secured each with hot glue. I used model magic for the claws, though next time I think I want to try something different for that. I am concerned about it being more fragile then I'd like.




Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Candy Wrapper Images!


Okay, I have several projects I am working on I'll be sharing soon, but in the meantime here is a great link for candy wrapper images for doing prop replicas. It even has note on the history of the candy. All the wrappers have been carefully flattened and scanned.

http://www.candywrapperarchive.com

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Worbla …. Wonderflex….Styrene….Ahhhhhh

Okay, remember my question about the difference between using Worbla and Wonderflex… this vid answer this question well…


Monday, January 6, 2014

Sunday, January 5, 2014

More on Wonderflex

Here's a series of vids on Wonderflex I thought folks would find interesting.


Friday, January 3, 2014

Wonderflex and Fosshape


I found a something new I want to play with… its called Wonderflex (okay its not really new as much as new to me)