Forest of Bad Memories

The Garden of Bad Memories grows out of control and becomes a threatening weed-infested Forest.

Nicole is sculpting this spooky tree for the Forest scene. Next she will add branches and thorns. When the sculpture is complete, it will be cast in neoprene, and topped with light-up rose buds.

Latex-Acrylic House Paint?

We need a lot of paint in very strange and specific colors for our project, so we wondered if it would be possible to use flat latex/acrylic house paint for most things. House paint comes in large quantities, and in so many colors that can be replicated perfectly. So convenient!

 
However, I was worried about how the latex/acrylic paint would work with the technique I plan to use to paint the foamies - too much latex makes the surface of the puppets sticky, even when they are completely dry. So, I tested the normal mixture of latex and acrylic on top of some pre-latexed foam bits, and discovered that the house paint cracks terribly, both with and without added latex. 

UGH And so, we will use the house paint for the wooden set pieces, and will go with some nice acrylics from Jerry's and try our best to match batches of color to each other. A little variety might be nice?

ARM CONTROLS

We did some tests of arm rods on mock-up Lars. The rods are meant to be held in one hand and operated in a way that is similar to the Wu Da rod puppet style. We have been testing out a few different rod angles and where to hold the handles. At this point, it seems that holding the handles below the puppet is working the best. Originally, we started by trying to replicate the arm controls of this puppet here by Compagnie Haute Les Mains.