Steelers Mascot.... Steely McBeam

Another hand puppet... This time it's the Steelers mascot, Steely McBeam.

Duke Dog Puppet

Here is the Duke Dog; mascot for JMU. This is a hand puppet made using paperclay and acrylic paint for the head and paws and various fabrics for the body.

Hand Puppets Galore!

Over the past month or so I've been making a lot of hand puppets. Here is the Christmas lot taken at a craft show I was in.....

The table display

an elf,

a gingerbread man that made a narrow escape,

a snow man,

and the big man himself.... Santa!

Elsinore!

A little advice for trick or treaters....

Watch out! A dragon is coming....

I'm working on a new puppet for Halloween. When this little guy is finished he will hopefully be greeting trick or treaters at a haunted house. Check out the production pics below:

Concept sketch


Armature in progress

Muffikins

Here is a small puppet I made for the Yellow House project I've been working on. This is Muffikins and she belongs to the artist Mary Cassatt.

I'll have some pics of the whole cast of characters next week after the filming. Stay tuned.

Ruega por nosotros

This is a painting I did last summer for my grandmother. It was scanned in pieces so some parts look uneven. The text is the last few lines from the Ave Maria prayer in Spanish:

Santa María, Madre de Dios, ruega por nosotros, pecadores, ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte. Amén.