Puppetry
Design and making project
Puppet designer and maker - Riah Betti, 2024-2027 design for performance BA1 class
Puppetry was a first year design project where we designed and created a puppetry show (Team Life) and a roaming floor puppetry (Uranium Monster). these productions were aimed at children and preformed in Techniquest, Cardiff
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Floor puppetry was a miniature roaming production on the floors of Techniquest. These puppets focused on accessibility and interactivity. For this production I designed an interactive puppet based on uranium glass as it was based in the science exhibit tunnel and allowed for the glass to glow under there UV lights. I designed a Geiger counter puppet as well as various glassware shaped into a Uranium daffodil to reference Marie Curie.
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Team Life was a puppet centered show based around a child character ‘Life’. As he goes through the stages of life he encounters various medical situations (e.g. needing glasses, breaking a bone, asthma etc.) The aim of this production was to show children not to be afraid of medical staff and that these procedures are sometimes a normal part of life. For this production I created various animation visuals for accessibility as well as props for the production.
Puppetry - Floor puppetry production photos and making:
Geiger counter puppet
Uranium glass making
Uranium
Uranium glass making
Geiger counter puppet
Geiger counter puppet mockup
Geiger counter puppet design
uranium flower puppet design
Puppetry storyboard
Puppetry - Floor puppetry initial designs:
Puppetry - Team Life production animation and making:
Arm break animation illustration
Arm break animation illustration
Tooth ache animation illustration
Asthma animation illustration
Dance Dance Revolution asthma animation illustration
Blurry vision animation illustration
Dance Dance Revolution asthma animation illustration
