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What materials do you use for blacklight puppets?
As mentioned in my short post about what materials to use when making a puppet, there’s no hard and fast rules as to what to use when building a puppet. However, blacklight puppets are slightly different. Before continuing you may want to read the intro on blacklight, which discusses certain concepts in more detail, like how it works and what colours to use.
What is blacklight puppetry?
One of the the best things about puppetry is that you can create images, scenes or performances, which allow the imagination to soar. As discussed in the post on using puppetry for performance [link to be added], puppets can do a range of things that human actors can’t - and blacklight puppetry is just one of those things. Video example at the bottom of this post.
Book review: Let There Be Blacklight
The book offers a small explanation of what blacklight puppetry is, the benefits of using it, plus some info on lighting, choosing puppets, materials and tools, and includes a pattern and instructions on making a blacklight puppet sun (pictured on the front of the book).
More downloadable books coming soon...
Don't know where to start? In this guide you'll find all of the basics: definitions, theory, staging and other info all in one handy guide.
