Puppet Making & Puppeteering Workshop, Australia

Event dates: 2010/02/09 to 2010/02/14

 

Harmony Village, Australia, February 8 – 13.

Harmony  Village  with  Michaela  Bartoňová  from  Prague
8th-13th February  2010  

Contact: Joanna Panagiotopoulos, ioann(at)harmonyfoundation.com.au  
Harmony village,17 Beresford St Mittagong NSW 2575 tel.(02) 4872 3999

 
Learn the fundamentals of puppet making and performance and gain some insight into the Czech tradition of puppeteering. Participants will complete their own wooden table puppet, first designing and then carving the head and hands and using fabric and leather for the body and costume. There will also be talks about puppets and imagination and art in puppet theatre. No particular expertise is needed however some experience with woodwork or puppets may be helpful.

Michaela Bartoňová from Prague has regularly given puppet workshops in Europe since 1988. Workshops of this kind have been held in the Czech Republic, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, England and even outside Europe – in Taiwan and Australia. Originally working as a journalist and an artist, she founded the Tineola Puppet Theatre in 1998. Michaela will lead the workshop and teach design, painting, costume, manipulation and will help in carving. Last day will be short show with new puppets for audience.

 

Fee 800,- Au Dollars + price of wood (planted mahagony) for one head
Please bring with you the following:
pencils, pens and paper
a pair of sharp scissors
a set of chisels (min. 3 carving gouges 8, 12, 16 mm)
pieces of fabric or leather for the costume

 
Your fee will cover  pre-cutting wood, paints, nails, glue...

 
Your fee will cover wood for your puppet, pre-cutting wood, paints, nails, glue...

 

More on the artist:
www.tineola.cz  tineola(at)tineola.cz