Puppetry tutorials - What is table-top puppetry? http://www.schoolofpuppetry.com.au/tutorials.php Puppetry tutorials, information and patterns en-AU http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 What is table-top puppetry? http://www.schoolofpuppetry.com.au/tutorials.php/what-is-table-top-puppetry Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:43:29 +0000 School of Puppetry table-top puppetry basics & theory 160@http://www.schoolofpuppetry.com.au/ <p>Table-top puppetry is exactly what it sounds like: puppetry performed on top of a table. Predominantly these puppets are <a href="http://www.schoolofpuppetry.com.au/tutorials.php/what-are-rod-puppets" title="what are they?">rod puppets</a>, mainly because rods are the simplest and easiest method of operation for manipulation. They are also usually synonymous with a bastardised version of <a href="http://www.schoolofpuppetry.com.au/tutorials.php/what-is-bunraku-puppetry" title="what is it?">bunraku</a>; a sort of <a href="http://www.schoolofpuppetry.com.au/tutorials.php/what-is-bunraku-puppetry" title="what is it?">bunraku</a> for Westerners if you will. </p><a href="http://www.schoolofpuppetry.com.au/tutorials.php/what-is-table-top-puppetry">Read more &raquo;</a><div class="item_footer">Want more puppetry goodness? Follow me on <a href="https://twitter.com/puppetryschool">Twitter</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/School-of-Puppetry/118289688218409">Facebook</a>. I post regular updates that don't appear in this feed.</div> Table-top puppetry is exactly what it sounds like: puppetry performed on top of a table. Predominantly these puppets are rod puppets, mainly because rods are the simplest and easiest method of operation for manipulation. They are also usually synonymous with a bastardised version of bunraku; a sort of bunraku for Westerners if you will.

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