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Animatronics in Queensland, Nov 2011 - Jan 2012
I’ll have some holiday themed puppetry tutorials online in the next couple of weeks, but in the meantime, here’s some more news about John Cox Creature Workshop. Their exhibit How to Make a Monster, featuring their animatronics, will be running once again at the Pine Rivers Heritage Museum, Queensland. Entry is free and the exhibition will run from 05 November 2011 – 29 January 2012.
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Animatronics in Queensland, Feb-May 2011
The John Cox Creature Workshop will be on show at the Ipswich Arts Gallery til May. John Cox won an Academy Award for his work on Babe; designs, maquettes, storyboards, and other fun things will be on display. Visitors can even participate in their own animatronic experiments. Some things from movies will be available to view: Pitch Black, George of the Jungle 2, Crocodile Dundee, and Inspector Gadget are just some of the films exhibited.
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Animatronics in France, England and Beijing
Hilary Talbot’s been posting some great stuff about animatronics lately. The first is a great insight into The Sultan’s Elephant, a lifesize animatronic that people the world over have gotten excited about, which Hilary actually visited in France.
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What is animatronics?
Animatronics is perhaps one of the most fascinating types of puppets - but also one of the most complex. Animatronic puppets are basically ‘robots’; mechanically operated puppets, which can be manipulated from a distance.
@Barbara, Not being much of a knitter I don't have any patterns to share, but I did have a look on the net and came across these: A sock monkey hand puppet: http://crochetme.com/patterns/sock-monkey-hand-puppet and some other handy sites: http://yourcrochetlearntocrochet.blogspot.com/, http://www.allcrafts.net/crochetknit.htm, http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com, http://www.allcrafts.net/crochetknit.htm and a forum for people who want to crochet: http://crochetme.com/forum You may also want to check etsy.com or ebay, where people often sell craft and crochet patterns. Here's a site which sells a pattern: http://www.karensvariety.com/CopyPatterns/Children/AnimalHandPuppets.htm
... School of Puppetry on Free finger puppet patterns: A listI'm sorry I can't find a pattern specific to what you want, but I'm sure if you visit the above sites and have a look/ask around, someone will be able to point you in the right direction.