Time to begin making the puppets. I decided instead of trying to make the puppet entirely out of modelling clay I would build a torso out of dense foam and then limbs separately using pieces of wire twisted together and a glue gun to strength the parts I didn't want to bend. The plan went well, I covered the torso in clay and it was still nice and light. I then covered the limbs in clay too ready to be attached to the torso.
I then made the head, using a cotton ball I again covered it with clay. It took a few redesigns but I got there in the end. I put it all together and was fairly happy with the outcome. The only problem was that as I moved the limbs it made the holes in the foam torso looser and looser. So I packed it with clay but to make it strong enough was to make it too strong to move the limbs easily. It was time to once again go back to the drawing board...
Time to begin making the puppets. I decided instead of trying to make the puppet entirely out of modelling clay I would build a torso out of dense foam and then limbs separately using pieces of wire twisted together and a glue gun to strength the parts I didn't want to bend. The plan went well, I covered the torso in clay and it was still nice and light. I then covered the limbs in clay too ready to be attached to the torso.
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