Putting Together The Prototype

We decided to go with a hand and rod puppet design, but not in the conventional Muppet sense.  Our solution will actually be controlled exclusively with RODS.  Here are the pieces we were able to acquire for our Old Lady Puppet:

In our next post.  We will have pictures of our puppet laid out.

Purchasing Parts & Soldering

This week Manimala picked up some parts for construction of the puppet.  I will be obtaining extra supplies to have as a backup to our puppet prototype.  The current design progress is slow, as we do not yet have the electronic sensors/actuators to create a working puppet.  We upload pictures of our build process once we obtain the kit.

Conceptual Design & Presentation

Our tour of the Center of Puppetry Arts" on 2/2/2011 yielded a few ideas regarding the design of our puppet.   We considered designing a shadow puppet and discussed the form factor of the puppet.  Although, we agreed upon utilizing a muppet sized design template, I believe that the size should be dictated by the performance space.  We each worked on different aspects of the design including, sketches, control/movement, materials and digital interaction.

Puppet & Digital Design

This week we are working on Puppet Design.

(Manimala) created sketches depicting an old lady puppet controlled by either rod, string or both.

Design 1

Design 2

Design 3