SuddenlySeymour
New Member
From the moment when my kids first watch Little Shop of Horrors, I knew my next puppet would be an Audrey II.
I found a few fantastic puppets that had been made previously online, but I wanted it as close to movie version as possible.
After a few weeks of planning with my other half and talking materials we purchased a solid polystyrene egg.
I had the reference from various scenes printed out, and so started drawing a rough jaw and mouth shape, and cutting it in half along the line.
Next came some shaving of the edges, just to create the side lip shape, in preparation for modelling clay, which I used to form the lip shape.
If I was to go back and re-do any stage, I'd use less clay, to try make it a bit lighter. It's no overly heavy as it is, but when wearing it for longer than 2-3 hours it can become cumbersome.
I crafted the teeth individually and stuck them straight into the still wet clay and left it to dry in an airing cupboard.
I covered it all with a mixture of PVA and paper before using the hot glue gun to put some details on the top, and painting.
To finish it off I took some artificial Ivy and hot glued them onto a green glove, which I wear to create the stem and control the puppet, the arm holding the plant pot is fake. Some larger leaves glued around the back of the head help add depth and hide my hand where it goes into the puppet.
Thanks for looking.
I found a few fantastic puppets that had been made previously online, but I wanted it as close to movie version as possible.
After a few weeks of planning with my other half and talking materials we purchased a solid polystyrene egg.
I had the reference from various scenes printed out, and so started drawing a rough jaw and mouth shape, and cutting it in half along the line.
Next came some shaving of the edges, just to create the side lip shape, in preparation for modelling clay, which I used to form the lip shape.
If I was to go back and re-do any stage, I'd use less clay, to try make it a bit lighter. It's no overly heavy as it is, but when wearing it for longer than 2-3 hours it can become cumbersome.
I crafted the teeth individually and stuck them straight into the still wet clay and left it to dry in an airing cupboard.
I covered it all with a mixture of PVA and paper before using the hot glue gun to put some details on the top, and painting.
To finish it off I took some artificial Ivy and hot glued them onto a green glove, which I wear to create the stem and control the puppet, the arm holding the plant pot is fake. Some larger leaves glued around the back of the head help add depth and hide my hand where it goes into the puppet.
Thanks for looking.
