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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