Well-Dressed Puppet - A Guide to Creating Puppet Costumes

The only book of its kind, The Well-Dressed Puppet will show you how to create costumes and accessories tailored specifically for your puppet that will enhance any performance.

List of contents

Introduction Chapter 1: How to Get Started Chapter 2: Types of Costumes (Or, How to Costume For Your Type of Puppet) Chapter 3: Creating Costumes for Non-Human Puppets Chapter 4: How to Create and Construct Basic Patterns Chapter 5: Accessories Chapter 6: Props Chapter 7: Some Costume Ideas To Help You Get Started Chapter 8: The Patterns Resources Bibliography Author Biography Index

About the author

Cheralyn Lambeth is a costume, prop, and puppet builder whose work includes feature films (The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Patriot, The New World, Evan Almighty, Leatherheads, and The Hunger Games), theatre performances (Sesame Street Live, Avenue Q), interactive exhibitions (The Star Trek Earth Tour, Titanic: The Movie on Tour, and Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton), and the television series Dinosaurs! and Homeland. She currently works as a puppet builder, costumer, and occasional performer with Grey Seal Puppets.?

Summary

The only book of its kind, The Well-Dressed Puppet will show you how to create costumes and accessories tailored specifically for your puppet that will enhance any performance.

Product details

• Authors: Cheralyn Lambeth, Lambeth Cheralyn
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2014
• EAN: 9781138025332
• ISBN: 978-1-138-02533-2
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Puppetry, miniature & toy theatre, Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre, Crafts & Hobbies / Puppets & Puppetry