Model box - Ashputtel - Narrative and Genre

Here I have made a scale model of a theatre stage with the story Ashuttel by the Grimms brothers, I chose to do the scene where Ashputtel was visiting her mothers grave in the garden. The genre I chose for the story was horror.

Aunt fanny, Legend of a shirt

Here I have made the shirt from Aunt fanny, Legend of a shirt, which is a poem about a shirt being made over a 40 year period in the early 19th century.

Metamorphosis Kafka

For this project we had to create a set for the story Metamorphosis by Kafka. I worked in a group of about 15 people, we designed and constructed the lounge and bedroom for the story. My main part in this project was to design and make the bed, I made it from scratch using MDF and ply wood. I also helped to wallpaper the lounge, paint the bedroom walls, age the chairs, make the flats and set up the set.

Piggies puppet show

For this uni project we were given a song and had to create a puppet show for it. I worked in a group of three and the song we were given was 'Piggies' by the Beetles. We related this song to the story of animal farm, which is about the animals going against there human masters and they take over the farm so they can live equally together, but it soon becomes corrupt when some animals get a taste of power and become just like the humans.

I do have a video of the puppet show but unfornaatuly I am having trouble uploading it on to blogger. So for now I have just put pictures up of the puppets I made.

Shadow puppets - These puppets were to show the animals working on the farm in the background. I made these puppets using black card, for the parts which I wanted to move I cut out and pined on to the puppet and I used a long piece of wire to move the puppet. I shone a light trough the screen so that the shadow puppets would show up.

String puppet - This puppet was being controlled by a much bigger puppet in the show, to show how the animals which had gained power were controlling and manipulating the other animals. So the puppet didn't need moving limbs it just needed to roll around like a pig does in mud. I made it using tights which I stuffed with fluff. I made each limb separately which I then sewed onto the body. For the head tho I made it out of polystyrene, glued paper over it and stuck it to the body. I covered the body in glue to stiffen it and then painted the head, I also gave the pig a cigar because this was the part of the story when some of the animals started turning human.

Hand puppet - I also made this puppet out of tights, I stuffed the head with fluff and I made it so that I could put my arm trough the body and the back of the head to make the mouth move. The teeth were make of card and I painted the tongue. I sewed its features such as the nose and eyes and I also sewed some fake eye lashes on to it as this was a female pig. I sewed on the arms and attached a wooden knife and folk to its trotters which were made of wood and painted silver. To controll the arms I attached a wire to each trotter. So I could coltroll its mouth and head movements wth one hand and controll the arms with my other hand. I then painted the pig a light brown colour and sewed on some clothes and jewelry.

Wild west set

I worked in a group of about 30 people to make this set, I helped paint the background and do the wood graining. After the set was done we wore the costumes and used the props we made to create a scene for photo shoot.

Wild west costume

This costume is set in the 18th century.

Wild west props

For this project at university which I am currently studying Creative arts for Theatre and Film we had to make props and our theme was the wild west.

Pig carcass - I made this in a group of 4 people, we carved the shape of the pig out of polystyrene and then glued on two layers of muslin to harden the carcass and stop bits coming off so we could paint it.

Totem pole - In a group we made a totem pole by making one part of the totem pole each. I molded my part out of clay, then I made a cast using player, then I fiber glassed it and painted it.

Tipi - I made this in a group of 3, we cut the tipi cover out of calico material and painted it. We then put together the structure using bamboo, wrapped the tipi cover around the bamboo and secured the front of the tipi together using wooden sticks which we cut using the ban saw and shaped with sanding.

Sheriff badge - I made these using a silicone mould and then filling the silicone mold with resin. I then used graphite powers to give a bronze and silver look and rubbed black paint into the words and cracks.

Winchester rifle - I made this out of MDF, I cut each piece out using the ban saw and shaped it using the sanding machine. I then painted and used graphite to give a metal look on parts of the gun.