I studied fabrication at the University of Connecticut under Susan Tolis and Bart Roccoberton.
WORK 01
Brother Earth (Boyish Charms)
Character design, foam patterning, hand sewing, wig crochet, costume altering, plastic molding/casting, feature placement ultrasuede punching.
WORK 02
Kaz (Boyish Charms)
Character design, foam patterning, hand sewing, hair sewing, costume altering, plastic molding/casting, feature placement, ultrasuede punching.
WORK 03
Sammy (Boyish Charms)
Character design, foam patterning, hand sewing, plastic molding/casting, feature placement, foam subtractive sculpt (tooth), ultrasuede punching, internal wire structure (ears).
WORK 04
Tyler (Boyish Charms)
Character design, foam patterning, hand sewing, fur hair patterning, plastic molding/casting, feature placement, costume altering, ultrasuede punching.
WORK 05
Mother Earth (Boyish Charms)
Character design, foam patterning, hand sewing, hair crochet and styling, plastic molding/casting, feature placement, costume altering, ultrasuede punching.
WORK 06
Patrick Archibald (Boyish Charms)
Character design, foam patterning, soft sculpture, hand sewing, hair sewing, glasses spraying, feature placement, costume altering.
WORK 07
Mother Earth (Paper Sculpture)
Character Design, paper sculpt and flat patterning (head, hands, shoulder block), internal structure (hardening putty), external texture, painting, costuming, detailing.
WORK 08
Garbanzo (Paper Sculpture)
Character Design, paper sculpt and flat patterning (head, hands), internal structure (hardening putty, foam), external texture, painting, costuming, sewing, detailing.
WORK 09
Huckleberry Longjohn (Marionette)
Character design, clay sculpt and flat patterning for H-form thermoplastic (head, torso), joint planning and execution, wood carving (limbs, feet), styrofoam carving (hands), external texture, painting, costume patterning and sewing, stringing, control bar.
WORK 10
Pear Head
Wood carving, painting.
WORK 11
Pig Mask
Character design, plaster cast of subject face, clay sculpt and flat patterning for H-form thermoplastic, external texture, painting.
WORK 12
Arlecchino Mask
Mask design, plaster cast of subject face, clay sculpt and flat patterning for H-form thermoplastic, external texture, painting.
WORK 13
Domino Mask
Mask design, plaster cast of subject face, flat patterning for H-form thermoplastic, painting, floral detail.
WORK 14
Abstract Mask
Character design, plaster cast of subject face, clay sculpt and flat patterning for Worbla thermoplastic, painting.
WORK 15
Portrait Mask
Plaster cast of subject face, papier maché, painting.
WORK 16
UV Light Reactive Chalk Stick Figures
Character design, foam cutting, painting.
WORK 17
Grumple
Character design, clay sculpt, plaster mold, neoprene pour, painting, costuming, sewing, detailing.
WORK 18
Stephen the Rat Sock Puppet
Character design, sock altering, gasket rubber mouth plate, detailing.
WORK 19
Bird Head
Character design, styrofoam carving, external hardening (putty) and texture, painting.
WORK 20
Scarf Marionette
Assembly, stringing, control bar.
WORK 21
Jointed Figure
Exploration of possible puppet joints. Wood cutting on bandsaw, construction of 14 different joints.
WORK 22
Ball Marionette
Wooden ball turned on lathe and sanded on belt sander, painting, stringing.
WORK 23
Worm Mechanism Rod Puppet
Created at the 2022 National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center under Jim Kroupa’s Instruction. Foam shaping, mechanism assembly.
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