Produced by Brian Russell Dixons CTC, Bradford

Puppets

looking at existing puppets

Commercial puppets

Target market

Generating ideas quickly

Themes for stories

Themes for puppets

Sharing your first ideas

Working up a specification

Finding out about …….

Designing the puppet

Transfer printing

Transfer printing

Laser cutting

Laser cutting

Completed puppet

Vinyl Cutting

Designing for cutting

Preparing the fabric

Preparing the parts

Finalising the sub-assembly

Final assembly

Designing the puppet

Dye Sublimation printing

What is Dye sublimation?

Cutting the plastic sheet

Movement achieved

How it works

Computer embroidery

Adjusting clipart

Creating the embroidery file

Preparing the fabric

Starting the embroidery

Embroidery completed

Finishing the embroidery

Completed Puppet

Designing & printing

Making in quantity

Working to tolerance

Die-cutting faces

Die-cutting tool

Cutting Two at once

Die-cutting body parts

Both back & front cut

Sub assemblies

Sewing sub-assemblies

Final assembly

Completed glove puppet

Industrial issues

Puppet kit

Marionette

Completed marionette

Finger puppet kit

Testing

Evaluating

End