Digital design reference Full puppet designPaper pattern created by sculpting the face in reusable oil based clay, cover in cling film, cover in tape, mark out pannels, cut and enlarge by 150% on a photocopierCut out pattern in plastazoteGlue pattern pieces together using contact adhesiveFace before being heat gun shaped – looks too round and undefinedThe lips needed building up further, it took many attempts to get the expression rightFinished face – I used the heatgun to define the shape of the nose, bridge, forhead, cheekbonesSketching ideas for the shoulders – it needed to support a graduation gown and a neck supportI used the hand drill to cut out a large hole to feed the coping saw blade throughCutting out internal shape to make the structure lighter. Later I switched to a handheld jigsaw Dremel to sand all cut edges smoothI used disks of plastazote to build up the shouldersMy work on the puppet complete! She will have her face covered in pleather, painted and her hat attached
