Done making my boy/young man/adult/old man progression of puppets, today I set out to complete my other character's progression. That character is a tree, also made of the insulated copper wire, twisted around itself and around other twisted strands to make a pretty hefty column of metal and insulator. I'd already designed my first tree, so what remained to be made were an identical version with two branches "amputated," a third that was just a stump with no branches, and finally a coffin, supposedly pieced together from the tree's trunk. These last few days have been all about manipulating insulator (which creates an immense amount of friction) with precision and control. I've had raw hands by the end of each day. They're tingling right now as I type.
I also finished my set for the project. Its floor is a sheet of pegboard, about four feet square, resting on milk crates that suspend it about a foot above a pair of tables. This is to give me space to reach under the pegboard as I animate, securing my puppets' feet through the holes in the board. The walls of the playing space are formed by more milk crates, an industrial fan, a couple wooden crates, some cardboard, and a small brick wall I built. They give the whole thing a sort of warehouse feel.
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