Video: How to make joints for shadow puppets
This is a tutorial on making joints for shadow puppets. You’ll need a pattern to work with; in which case use either of these two FREE ones - long dog or the redback spider. Follow those instructions until you get to joining the parts together. Then come back here and follow the below video tutorial.
I’ve done a short tutorial video on how to make shadow puppet joints. [And it uses my tiger puppet pattern as an example - please note the pattern itself is offline while I update it]. How to make a shadow puppet screen is discussed here; free patterns are here; how shadow puppets are different to silhouettes is discussed here; materials are discussed here [links to be added].
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15th May 2008 at 17:44
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Ooh, thanks for that Kelvin - I've heard of Barge too, but since I've never found it in Australia, had largely forgot about it. When I did a search for the product just now, I also saw that Adam Savage from Mythbusters loves it... so it's got to be good ;) I'd love to try all these fancy things you have in the US!
... School of Puppetry on What glues do you use to make puppets with?Also, the thing about letting the glue dry a bit before attaching the two pieces together is also something I've heard of, and commonly referred to as 'tacking'. (I guess because the glue gets 'tacky' or sticky, which makes it easier to attach especially for liquid glues) Oddly enough, the term 'tacking' seems to be something I've only heard, I couldn't find references of it myself.
Spray glue, like I said in the post, is something that I haven't quite found to be useful. I agree it would work best for smooth gluing, but when I use spray glue the only thing that happens is that the material sticks for a minute then curls away from whatever you're gluing it to. Evidently I need to try a different brand...