Dressing the naked hand : the world's greatest guide to making, staging, and performing with puppets.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Sanger, CA : Familius, 2015Edition: First EditionDescription: 160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text, still image
- two-dimensional moving image
- unmediated
- video
- videodisc
- volume
- 1938301137
- 9781938301131
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 745.5922 W582 | Available | 33111008106490 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With tons of color photographs and a DVD with over 2 hours of hilarious instructional videos, this is the perfect how-to book for all levels of puppetry skill, from beginners to master artisans. With instructions on making hand puppets, turning stuffed animals into puppets, building mechanical puppets, finding accessories, performing, inventing voices, building stages, and more, this is the most comprehensive book of its kind. And with jokes and puppet humor throughout, it's not just a handbook--it's a joy to read!
"Includes a DVD with over 2 hours of hilarious teaching videos"--from cover.
A letter to the reader -- A history lesson -- Part I, Creating the masterpiece : Chapter one, Stuffet puppet workshop ; Chapter two, Hand puppet laboratory ; Chapter three, Advanced puppet workshop ; Chapter four, Building the stage -- Part II, Acting lessons : Chapter 5, Body language & emotion ; Chapter six, Vocal lessons ; Chapter seven, Dress rehearsal -- Resources.
"This ultimate puppetry guide includes: how to make puppets from stuffed animals, how to guild your own hand puppet, how to create advanced Muppet-like puppets using master techniques, how to build simple, intermediate, and advanced puppet stages, how to bring your puppet to life with convincing body language, voices, diction, and emotions."--jacket flap.