Tula Hoob (Live hands puppet)
This whole project has been pretty experimental but its definitely been a learning curve!! (I'm not treating it as a proper replica, more as a fun project: then if I try the same build later on, when I'm more experienced, I can compare the results) I started off by crafting a full-size model head with newspaper and sellotape. (Not the best technique, I know but I had lots of sellotape that I wasn't sure what to do with and no pva glue: still, it seemed to work.) Once I felt I had the right shape, after looking at lots of reference images, I decided it was time to pattern the head. I covered the head with duct tape and drew the lines in wherever it folded. Then, I cut out along the parts I'd marked and carefully peeled off the pattern peices and stuck them onto some newspaper and cut around those shapes. I did consider other methods of pattern making such as sculpting a clay maquette then pattering onto that but I Don't have any close access to a printer or print s...