Tuesday, 13. July 2010
Shadow Puppets: Done!
While it's so paralyzing hot outside, I spend a lot of time in my basement studio to work on the film. It's great: down there I don't sweat myself to death and the film is progressing continuously as well. I worked the whole weekend on the final three silhouette puppets, and here we are: yesterday I finished Orpheus (two puppets, each heading for opposite directions) and Eurydice.
The puppets are made as usual: thin black cardboard is cut into silhouettes which is then attached to aluminium wire. This time I chose very thin wire because the puppets are much smaller than the models I made before. My idea was that the Gods and the God-like characters should be slightly taller than the mortals.
For Eurydice's skirt I designed a floral pattern which I like so much that I designed a digital wallpaper, and which now adorns my computer desktop (in 1920x1080 resolution). If you like it too, feel free to download it either in green or in grey:
You'll find the full resolution images by just clicking into one of the small Wallpaper pictures above. To download one of them, right-click into it, and choose "save picture as…"
My school projects are finished due to the holidays, and I have a lot of time to work on the film. This seems to be a puppet making week, more to come...
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Jessica Koppe wrote on Thursday, 15. July 2010 at 08:44:
Shelley, it's not real fabric (though it could be), it's just a pattern printed on a sheet of cel. I must admit, that I would love to design print patterns for fabric...
And thank you again for your encouraging words... What would I do without the support from all you people out there?
Shelley Noble wrote on Friday, 30. July 2010 at 22:13:
There are custom fabric services these days if you hadn't heard about them?
Spoonflower is one but I liked another even better, trying to recall where I put the url for it...
Shall I look harder?
Jessica Koppe wrote on Saturday, 31. July 2010 at 07:53:
Yes, I guessed this would be possible since one could print nearly everything these days. I'll have a look at Spoonflower's but if you remember the one you like more, that would be great! Thanks! :D
michael wrote on Saturday, 25. September 2010 at 14:13:
the shapes/characters look like holes in the pictures which outlines describe the figures (erm - this is a meant as a nice comment...)
I was away for some time from your blog - so the impression hit me again and very directly. Your work has really something magical about it. Far beyond the rather comically characters in bright colours nor the abstract embodiements of ideas to point out two borders in describing - reducing the characters to such simple shape... incredible. Though I can't sum it up in smart and clear lines - which might explain this line. Anyhow. Greatly done, grand, beautifully executed. Impressive and touching. Wow.
Jessica Koppe wrote on Saturday, 25. September 2010 at 21:40:
Michael, again, thank you! I'm so happy to have supportive people like you around here! I hope you have a good time in Vienna?
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Shelley Noble wrote on Wednesday, 14. July 2010 at 19:42:
GASP!!! Jessica! These are sublime! And the fabric design as well?! So perfect! Loving how your styles of the worlds are "different" yet stylistically cohesive! BRAVA!