In his first feature film, Lamb Shaun, the world's smartest sheep, ends up in an animal shelter and has to fend for himself in a gourmet restaurant. Before filming begins, storyboard artist Michael Salter creates the characters and their environments. A set of mouthpieces is prepared for each character so that different facial expressions are available. Fashion designer Elinor Weston and Gary Roberts ...

Ronnie Burkett is a Canadian puppeteer. He is best known for his original plays for adults performed by puppets. "When I am on stage I approach the ritual religiously, I try not to disturb the little people and the audience" - says Ronnie Burkett about himself and his work. At the age of 7 he became fascinated with puppets and decided to become a puppeteer. According to ...

Every author has his own secrets and tricks, but every business has its own rules. Eyes are wide-set, nose is "button", ears are planted low, the front part is small and the forehead is big - these are the rules, according to which the baby's head is built when modelling. However, it is better to see once than to hear a hundred times. And to see and hear from different ...

The III International Festival of Puppet Theatres "Baltic Puppetry", which started on 11 September 2022, continues. Puppet theatre is miniature magic and participants from Russia, Serbia and Israel surprise with their ideas. Original productions, on the stages of the Vyborg theatre "Holy Fortress", touch on many topics that will be of interest to audiences of all ages. As part of the festival, the play "The Happy Prince", directed by Philip ...

The grown-up characters of favourite cartoons. One of the common characteristics of children's characters such as Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and Donald Duck is innocence and purity. These are qualities that are often associated with these characters, who are adored by everyone - children and adults alike. However, the talented Japanese artist Yuki Nakajima decided to reimagine these fairy tale characters and turned them into ....

In this masterclass, you will learn how to create a Pink Flamingo textile doll with your own hands. Have fun creating it! Material prepared by Anastasia Golenieva  

In this video I will tell you how to make a decorative toy yourself, the hero of the fairy tale "Cipollino". Necessary materials and tools: Tissues paper cardboard Pasteboard String foil Wire PVA Glue Hotmelt Acrylic paint Pencil Pencil Brushes Enjoy the creativity! Material prepared by Alexander Tiunova  

Today we are presenting Bess, a doll by Shelley Thornton, a beautiful artisan from the USA. Shelley's dolls can be compared to three-dimensional drawings, where colourful textiles are used instead of paints. They are characterized by saturated colours, clear silhouettes, author's stylization. The artist recalls: "Creativity has been my main occupation since I was two years old. I was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, where I lived and worked...

In this masterclass, you will learn how to make a textile Beetlejuice puppet with your own hands. Have fun creating it! Material prepared by Anastasia Golenieva  

Today, in the column 'Contemporary Masters', we introduce you to Elena Kochurova, a very interesting author, who masterfully combines realistic sculpture and dynamic movements of dolls. Elena creates bdz (articulated) characters. Peculiarity of these dolls is harmony between anatomical movements of articulated figures and realistic image of Heroes. The master says: I was born in Moscow. I've finished the art school, took intensive courses in ...