The Puppet Process

Last week I said that I had started making the puppets. Today, I am going to talk about how I am making them.

So, what I've been doing is using a special type of clay and modeling the heads of the puppets. I make sure not to have any indented features on their faces before I Vaseline them (it is necessary to Vaseline the puppets so that when you paper mache them you can part the paper from the model). The way I paper mache the puppet is that I use wallpaper paste and thick brown paper. The wallpaper paste is stickier and thicker then the normal mix for paper mache. After they have had seven layers (or more) of paper mache put on them, that's when I am allowed to remove them. 

And that's all I've done on the puppets so far.

Also, STILL NO SWAZZLE! But on a lighter note, I found a site to make Mr. Punch's slapstick, and I have finished my version of the Punch and Judy script. It is taking on the traditional plot, including the doctor. I didn't mention him in my last post, and I realized I wanted him in the show, so now that random extra is going to be the doctor.

So far, no panic.