Category: Puppets

  • Season’s Greetings!

    I am so sorry that I have been away from Sybandme for so long. I got wrapped up with making puppets and animations which takes a long time. But I promise to be back in 2024 to catch you up with what I have made. Meanwhile, if you celebrate … have wonderful, happy, celebrations. I’m…

  • Building a Tiger

    I started with the head, based on a shape built from a cork wire (the kind that seals bubbly wine!) and built up with brown bag paper and brown paper parcel tape. Recycling is the way to go. The body is alumium wire with brass joints at shoulder and hip to attach the legs. Then…

  • The Fox

    A beloved character. The Fox. And I decided to try working the head directly from balsa wood this time. People seemed to like him.

  • The Little Prince

    February 2023 was the planned date for another Instagram challenge; a Story Book Challenge devised by Australian illustrator/artist Monty Lee. This time I was also invited to be part of the cohosting team. The book chosen by Monty was de Saint-Exupery’s “The Little Prince” which until then I had never read. Nor had I seen…

  • Late 2022: Fool

    I like doing Instagram challenges. It stretches me. Making me try new things technically and invent plots and characters. Though the challenges that I take part in are usually childrens book illustration challenges, nobody seems to mind. An Instagram challenge that takes place around November each year is the Folktale Week challenge . It is…