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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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Puppetry events and opportunities, August 2011
Here’s some more upcoming events and opportunities in Australia for puppetry. We have an exhibition in Queensland, an audition in Victoria, and Being Elmo movie/doco (very late notice) also in Vic.
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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.
@Jhen and Brooke, Thanks for your kind words on my tutorial - glad you think it's helpful!
... School of Puppetry on Free pattern: How to make a finger puppet, Felt version