{"title":"All Puppets","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to over 25 years of artistic evolution—a universe born from clay and curiosity in the Adelaide foothills. From fantasy realms to pop culture icons, contemporary curiosities to timeless classics, each handcrafted marionette represents not just hours of craftsmanship, but years of artistic passion. Whether you're drawn to the mystical, nostalgic, or downright odd, there's a piece here waiting to become part of your story. Welcome to The Squeaking Tribe—where every string tells a tale, and every puppet has a soul.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"vionelle-the-eastern-witch-marionette","title":"Vionelle the Eastern Witch: Marionette Puppet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e🧙‍♀️ \"Where the mountains meet the sky, her magic rises...\" ⛰️\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Vionelle, the Eastern Witch - sister to Morag and keeper of the mountain mysteries. While her sister Morag guards the western deserts, Vionelle dwells in the misty peaks of the eastern highlands, where ancient forests whisper secrets and crystal streams carry enchantments downstream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLegend says Vionelle was once a scholar who climbed the highest mountain seeking wisdom from the stars. There, in a cave lit by moonstone, she discovered the old magic - the kind that flows through roots and rocks, that speaks in the language of wind and water. She never came back down. Instead, she became the mountain's guardian, weaving spells from morning mist and evening shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCloaked in robes adorned with mystical symbols and crowned with her pointed hat, Vionelle is both mysterious and powerful. Some say she appears to lost travelers, offering guidance with riddles. Others claim she protects the sacred groves from those who would harm them. 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From the traditional mystical maverick, Gandalf, from JRR Tolkein's \"Lord of the Rings\" novels to his contemporary counterpart, Dumbledore, in JK Rowling's \"Harry Potter\" series, the Wizard will remain a classic exemplar in any story marrying magic and fantasy to some eternal quest for salvation. Also, a mighty fine gift for anyone drawn to the fabulous.\n\n\nFantasy: All things Magical and Mystical!\n\nI've always found myself inspired by the mythic world-building of fantasy and the millions of creatures and characters dreamt into being to populate these imagined spaces. An intimate escape from the everyday routines of mundanity, fantasy is a door into something out-of-this-world where history and mythology collide to create brave, new Worlds of discovery. For anyone who has shared a love for the otherworldly, the fantastic and the fey, you are welcome to wander here a while among our own fabulous friends and fictions. Never stop dreaming!\n\nMarionette in doll form is approximately 25cm in height or 60cm when strung.","brand":"The Squeaking Tribe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038857466160,"sku":"FAN0004","price":180.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/1756\/9584\/files\/3b52f4bd-il_fullxfull.7138665681_s4aw.jpg?v=1754721841"},{"product_id":"the-odd-sods-marionette-puppet-1","title":"Scrappies Marionette Puppet","description":"Oddsods \n\nHonestly, some of the most fun you can have puppetmaking are those creatures and characters gleaned solely from the leftovers and general detritus remaining from more specified designs. \n\nI often refer to puppet makers as the bottom-feeders of the artistic world for our abilities to work with all the scraps and skerricks which filter down to us from the creative industries above. Some of the best designs are those completely random recollection of off-cuts salvaged from the cutting room floor and woven back into a puppet which might never have existed. \n\nThese guys are a perfect example of this, utilising cotton rovings and threads and remnants that might otherwise be thrown away or deemed useless, but now take on life in a whole new range of interactive effigies. But what do we call them?\n\nOdd Sods, Foundlings, Scrappies, Litter-bugs or Woopsies... we're now open for suggestions!\n\n(The faces, by the way, we're inspired by a curious mark left on the roof of our truck above our bed, that kind of stain you stare at every night before bed and every morning on waking that starts to take on almost symbolic resonance and power...)\n\n\nMarionette in doll form is approximately 25cm in height or 60cm when strung.\n\n\nSqueaky Classics: Original designs for all ages from our early roots til now!\n\nThe first puppet I ever made in our standard 6-string design was a little Mummy marionette, a simple bandaged affair which utilised the weight of the clay pieces and the meagre costuming to create a proper functioning prototype which remains the core design behind most of our work to date. By working with some basic archetypes and alternating through gender, age and cultural influences, I developed a classic range of differing characters which are a continuing part of the Squeaking Tribe canon today. As familiar as these characters are to me now, I keep the joy alive by incorporating more details and personal quirks than I did in the past, so each one still retains its own unique identity. For the budget-minded, these are a good starting point to gauge your interest without betting the farm. 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Some of the best designs are those completely random recollection of off-cuts salvaged from the cutting room floor and woven back into a puppet which might never have existed. \n\nThese guys are a perfect example of this, utilising cotton rovings and threads and remnants that might otherwise be thrown away or deemed useless, but now take on life in a whole new range of interactive effigies. But what do we call them?\n\nOdd Sods, Foundlings, Scrappies, Litter-bugs or Woopsies... we're now open for suggestions!\n\n(The faces, by the way, we're inspired by a curious mark left on the roof of our truck above our bed, that kind of stain you stare at every night before bed and every morning on waking that starts to take on almost symbolic resonance and power...)\n\n\nMarionette in doll form is approximately 25cm in height or 60cm when strung.\n\n\nSqueaky Classics: Original designs for all ages from our early roots til now!\n\nThe first puppet I ever made in our standard 6-string design was a little Mummy marionette, a simple bandaged affair which utilised the weight of the clay pieces and the meagre costuming to create a proper functioning prototype which remains the core design behind most of our work to date. 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The band primarily consists of four fictional members: 2-D (vocals, keyboards), Murdoc (bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums) and these humble marionettes are just one manifestation of who the Gorillaz represent in the popular zeitgeist. If you are unfamiliar with them now, do yourself a favour a take a little google-tour... you won't be disappointed!\n\n\nCollections: When one marionette just won't do!\n\nCasting your world one puppet at a time can seem a long and laborious process for some. Stories can require a villain as much as a hero and all manner of incidental characters in between. Here we have created sets collected specifically from the folklore which gave them life or partnered together those who promise the potential for tales to come. On its own, one marionette can be a thing of beauty; in a shared context, however, the opportunities for adventure can grow in whole new directions...\n\nMarionette in doll form is approximately 25cm in height or 60cm when strung.\n\nThis listing is for all four marionettes.","brand":"The Squeaking Tribe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038857662768,"sku":"COL0009","price":500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/1756\/9584\/files\/353b9282-il_fullxfull.6121356453_m5je.jpg?v=1754721845"},{"product_id":"punk-cydney-ashes-marionette","title":"Sindey Ashes: Punk Marionette","description":"Contemporary Classics\n\nModern-day misfits and counter-culture creations!\nThe world around us is often as strange and marvellous as anything dreamt of in the imagination. Born from the heads and hearts of preceding generations, today’s  urban landscape is a many-coloured tapestry of contemporary tribes and subcultures celebrating individual expression through music, art and fashion - the perfect inspiration for marionette designs with a distinctive near-future flare. Our world can be a festival and here is the proof!\n\nMarionette in doll form is approximately 55cm in height or 95cm when strung.","brand":"The Squeaking Tribe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038857695536,"sku":"CON0012","price":200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/1756\/9584\/files\/2a2f836c-il_fullxfull.2396994546_7at1.jpg?v=1754721847"},{"product_id":"polymater-an-underwolde-oddling-marionette","title":"Polymater: Warlok Serving the Mad King Verdigris","description":"\u003cp\u003ePolymater is a warlok in the employ of the O-das of the Underwolde who themselves form government beneath the reign of their mad King, Verdigris. 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Whether directly or indirectly, the fantastic details of Brian Froud's creature design can be witnessed in much of the work displayed here and it is with no small amount of professional awe with which Sara and I give separate consideration to our own humble attempts to recreate their worlds as tribute. Kudos!\n\n\nDoll-form approx 25cm tall or \nas Marionettes 60cm hanging.","brand":"The Squeaking Tribe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038857892144,"sku":"CRY0016","price":200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/1756\/9584\/files\/c0165021-il_fullxfull.4648435370_oouu.jpg?v=1754721846"},{"product_id":"the-all-seer-an-eyelander-oddling-marionette","title":"The Nameless All-seer: Enigmatic Deity of the Temporals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Nameless All-seer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a mysterious Parent figure for the three Temporals in the Land of Odd. 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Through the eras, every civilisation, big or small, has developed tools to understand the world around them and from their recorded Lore have we found a seemingly endless wellspring of inspiration with which to hone our skills in textiles and costuming. The multi-faceted pageantry of our ancestral roots is celebrated here!\n\n\nMarionette in doll form is approximately 25cm in height or 60cm when strung.","brand":"The Squeaking Tribe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038858252592,"sku":"CUL0028","price":180.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/1756\/9584\/files\/eb9b4881-il_fullxfull.4673583018_q6eb.jpg?v=1754721850"},{"product_id":"crazy-orange-monkey-anthro-marionette","title":"Crazy Orange Monkey: Anthro Marionette","description":"Anthropomorphics: Animals are people too!\n\nFrom Red Riding Hood to the Three Little Pigs, Beatrix Potter to Dr Suess, Bugs Bunny to Yogi Bear, the Land of the Imagination is extensively populated by walking, talking animals of all descriptions, dressing and acting as humans do and thus creating a marvellous mirror within which to view ourselves. And what a wonderful world of opportunity that allows us to indulge in here at the Squeaking Tribe, mixing all our intricate costuming concepts with animal avatars to create even more unique creatures to empower the planet with fun times and Allegory!\n\nMarionette in doll form is approximately 25cm in height or 60cm when strung.","brand":"The Squeaking Tribe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038858481968,"sku":"ANT0022","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/1756\/9584\/files\/17a83b58-il_fullxfull.6121353283_fidw.jpg?v=1754721853"},{"product_id":"the-odd-sods-marionette-puppet-5","title":"Scrappies Marionette Puppet","description":"Oddsods \n\nHonestly, some of the most fun you can have puppetmaking are those creatures and characters gleaned solely from the leftovers and general detritus remaining from more specified designs. \n\nI often refer to puppet makers as the bottom-feeders of the artistic world for our abilities to work with all the scraps and skerricks which filter down to us from the creative industries above. Some of the best designs are those completely random recollection of off-cuts salvaged from the cutting room floor and woven back into a puppet which might never have existed. \n\nThese guys are a perfect example of this, utilising cotton rovings and threads and remnants that might otherwise be thrown away or deemed useless, but now take on life in a whole new range of interactive effigies. But what do we call them?\n\nOdd Sods, Foundlings, Scrappies, Litter-bugs or Woopsies... we’re now open for suggestions!\n\n(The faces, by the way, we’re inspired by a curious mark left on the roof of our truck above our bed, that kind of stain you stare at every night before bed and every morning on waking that starts to take on almost symbolic resonance and power...)\n\n\nMarionette in doll form is approximately 25cm in height or 60cm when strung.\n\n\nSqueaky Classics: Original designs for all ages from our early roots til now!\n\nThe first puppet I ever made in our standard 6-string design was a little Mummy marionette, a simple bandaged affair which utilised the weight of the clay pieces and the meagre costuming to create a proper functioning prototype which remains the core design behind most of our work to date. By working with some basic archetypes and alternating through gender, age and cultural influences, I developed a classic range of differing characters which are a continuing part of the Squeaking Tribe canon today. As familiar as these characters are to me now, I keep the joy alive by incorporating more details and personal quirks than I did in the past, so each one still retains its own unique identity. For the budget-minded, these are a good starting point to gauge your interest without betting the farm. 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Of course, we at the Tribe were happy to oblige and now there are more pierced and painted contemporaries for those of you looking for a little something inspired by today's multifaceted music scene and its associated style.\n\n\nContemporary Classics: Modern-day misfits and counter-culture creations!\n\nThe world around us is often as strange and marvellous as anything dreamt of in the imagination. Born from the heads and hearts of preceding generations, today's  urban landscape is a many-coloured tapestry of contemporary tribes and subcultures celebrating individual expression through music, art and fashion - the perfect inspiration for marionette designs with a distinctive near-future flare. Our world can be a festival and here is the proof!\n\nMarionette in doll form is approximately 25cm in height or 60cm when strung.","brand":"The Squeaking Tribe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038858449200,"sku":"CON0014","price":180.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/1756\/9584\/files\/890ac7f5-il_fullxfull.6121321221_pq97.jpg?v=1754721853"},{"product_id":"the-giant-bozwell-large-marionette","title":"The Giant Bozwell - Large Marionette","description":"The Giant Bozwell - Giants loom large in world mythology, frequently representing the most ominous of foes. Their huge size immediately evokes ideas of superhuman strength and formidable abilities, and yet in many legends the giant is in fact a tragic character, often suffering an incongruous death. In many mythologies, giants are said to be primeval beasts that frequently engage in battle with the gods. while the more modern \"fairytale\" equivalents are often depicted as stupid, violent brutes that eat humans (likely due to confusion with Ogres).\n\nWhile associated mostly with European legends almost every culture on Earth has regional variants of Giants, much as they do Dragons and other mythical monsters. In some cultures (such as the ancient Norse) Giants also symbolized the wilds of nature and were closely related to what modern culture would call Elementals, embodying violent storms or bitter winters.\n\nOur big friend Bozwell here aspires to none of these things. His warring ways are well behind him and he wants for nothing more these days than a sunny field to lie in and maybe a spot of livestock for his afternoon supper. It is hard for such a large creature to find such peace, however, with all those pesky knights and warriors still picking fights to prove their worth. And so his mighty pickaxe is never too far from his side.\n\nLarge-scale Artworks\n\nFully articulated marionettes and interactive Art!\n\nWhen I first began making marionette puppets back in 1996 (22 years young), I was living with a potter and a drum-maker in the foothills of Adelaide, South Australia. With access to a whole range of clays, I found myself one day sculpting a hollow head and face. \"If I added clay hands and feet,\" I thought to myself, \"I'd have the basic counter balances for a puppet!\" Which prompted two simple questions: a) Of what little marionettes I'd seen, why did so many of them look so cheap and crappy, and b) Why did none of them work!?\n\nMy challenge clearly was to make a good looking puppet that would actually perform. As the Internet was yet to become a household fixture and Google not yet a technocrat's pipedream, I resorted to local libraries whose resources on the subject was terribly lacking. Luckily, the process for making a marionette was a time consuming one with many separate factors; hand sculpting with clay which needed days (sometimes weeks) to dry before firing, sewing and soft-sculpture creation of the 'skeleton', costuming and assembling of the basic character, construction of an appropriate crosspiece before stringing and detailing the final finished piece. In all, a process that required a 3-6 weeks work, an opportunity of course which allowed a LOT of extra time for dreaming up new puppet characters to make!\n\nEvery marionette I made, I was learning and discovering new ways to make them quicker and more effective and with every idea that ensued, I was having more and more ideas of other puppets I could make. The avalanche of ideas which consumed me in that first year alone could keep me busy crafting for a decade at least; having kept that passion alive for over twenty-five years, I easily have enough ideas to fill multiple lifetimes!\n\nFrom these humble beginnings, I have since developed a whole range of different interactive effigies which borrow from the traditional methods of Puppetmaking while at the same time improve on ideas of articulation to create marionettes which everyone can use and indeed, with a little practice, manipulate like a professional. Sharing this with others and inspiring a new generation of artists and puppeteers to reignite the tradition is probably the greatest joy in this life I have made and now share with my wife, Sara.\n\nSol\n\nDoll-form\/ full marionette height approximately 60\/111cm or 22\/42in.","brand":"The Squeaking Tribe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038858416432,"sku":"FUL0013","price":680.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/1756\/9584\/files\/0653886e-il_fullxfull.6121336235_flry.jpg?v=1754721856"},{"product_id":"medusa-large-marionette","title":"Medusa Large Marionette","description":"Medusa - I've always been a fan of the Greek myth of Perseus and Medusa, the serpent-haired maiden whose gaze would turn flesh to stone. And like many of these stories, I always found myself on the side of the villain rather than the hero who always appeared vainglorious and somewhat shallow.\n\nMedusa was one of three Gorgon sisters and the only one of them born not just mortal but beautiful. Attracting the attention of the god Poseidon, she incurred the jealous wrath of Athena who in turn cursed her with a hideous new countenance and snakes for hair, a face so foul it turned to stone all who saw her. She was eventually beheaded by Perseus who used his shield as a mirror to counteract her 'ability' and who then continued using her still-potent head to dispatch his enemies before eventually gifting it to Athena. There's actually a lot more to Medusa's tale following her death at Perseus' hands, not the least of which casts her as the mother of Pegasus, the winged horse which sprang from her lifeblood as she lay dying.\n\nHistory aside, it is the image of her as a beautiful, ethereal, much-misunderstood woman of power which I continue to celebrate through designs such as this. The hair-of-serpents I've rendered more symbolic than literal, focussing on a range of colour schemes, textiles and objets-de-art to capture instead the glamour and majesty inherent inside her as a maligned mistress of the occult.\n\nLarge-scale Artworks\n\nFully articulated marionettes and interactive Art!\n\nWhen I first began making marionette puppets back in 1996 (22 years young), I was living with a potter and a drum-maker in the foothills of Adelaide, South Australia. With access to a whole range of clays, I found myself one day sculpting a hollow head and face. \"If I added clay hands and feet,\" I thought to myself, \"I'd have the basic counter balances for a puppet!\" Which prompted two simple questions: a) Of what little marionettes I'd seen, why did so many of them look so cheap and crappy, and b) Why did none of them work!?\n\nMy challenge clearly was to make a good looking puppet that would actually perform. As the Internet was yet to become a household fixture and Google not yet a technocrat's pipedream, I resorted to local libraries whose resources on the subject was terribly lacking. Luckily, the process for making a marionette was a time consuming one with many separate factors; hand sculpting with clay which needed days (sometimes weeks) to dry before firing, sewing and soft-sculpture creation of the 'skeleton', costuming and assembling of the basic character, construction of an appropriate crosspiece before stringing and detailing the final finished piece. In all, a process that required a 3-6 weeks work, an opportunity of course which allowed a LOT of extra time for dreaming up new puppet characters to make!\n\nEvery marionette I made, I was learning and discovering new ways to make them quicker and more effective and with every idea that ensued, I was having more and more ideas of other puppets I could make. The avalanche of ideas which consumed me in that first year alone could keep me busy crafting for a decade at least; having kept that passion alive for over twenty-five years, I easily have enough ideas to fill multiple lifetimes!\n\nFrom these humble beginnings, I have since developed a whole range of different interactive effigies which borrow from the traditional methods of Puppetmaking while at the same time improve on ideas of articulation to create marionettes which everyone can use and indeed, with a little practice, manipulate like a professional. 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With access to a whole range of clays, I found myself one day sculpting a hollow head and face. \"If I added clay hands and feet,\" I thought to myself, \"I'd have the basic counter balances for a puppet!\" Which prompted two simple questions: a) Of what little marionettes I'd seen, why did so many of them look so cheap and crappy, and b) Why did none of them work!?\n\nMy challenge clearly was to make a good looking puppet that would actually perform. As the Internet was yet to become a household fixture and Google not yet a technocrat's pipedream, I resorted to local libraries whose resources on the subject was terribly lacking. Luckily, the process for making a marionette was a time consuming one with many separate factors; hand sculpting with clay which needed days (sometimes weeks) to dry before firing, sewing and soft-sculpture creation of the 'skeleton', costuming and assembling of the basic character, construction of an appropriate crosspiece before stringing and detailing the final finished piece. In all, a process that required a 3-6 weeks work, an opportunity of course which allowed a LOT of extra time for dreaming up new puppet characters to make!\n\nEvery marionette I made, I was learning and discovering new ways to make them quicker and more effective and with every idea that ensued, I was having more and more ideas of other puppets I could make. The avalanche of ideas which consumed me in that first year alone could keep me busy crafting for a decade at least; having kept that passion alive for over twenty-five years, I easily have enough ideas to fill multiple lifetimes!\n\nFrom these humble beginnings, I have since developed a whole range of different interactive effigies which borrow from the traditional methods of Puppetmaking while at the same time improve on ideas of articulation to create marionettes which everyone can use and indeed, with a little practice, manipulate like a professional. 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Luckily, the process for making a marionette was a time consuming one with many separate factors; hand sculpting with clay which needed days (sometimes weeks) to dry before firing, sewing and soft-sculpture creation of the 'skeleton', costuming and assembling of the basic character, construction of an appropriate crosspiece before stringing and detailing the final finished piece. In all, a process that required a 3-6 weeks work, an opportunity of course which allowed a LOT of extra time for dreaming up new puppet characters to make!\n\nEvery marionette I made, I was learning and discovering new ways to make them quicker and more effective and with every idea that ensued, I was having more and more ideas of other puppets I could make. The avalanche of ideas which consumed me in that first year alone could keep me busy crafting for a decade at least; having kept that passion alive for over twenty-five years, I easily have enough ideas to fill multiple lifetimes!\n\nFrom these humble beginnings, I have since developed a whole range of different interactive effigies which borrow from the traditional methods of Puppetmaking while at the same time improve on ideas of articulation to create marionettes which everyone can use and indeed, with a little practice, manipulate like a professional. 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Something about the combination of colourful beard and top-knot, the black monobrow hovering over his beady eyes or just the big poochy lower lip and wing-nut ears, I can't hold back the laughter at any point of the puppet making process and that is the best sign of a good, fun puppet! He is the monstrous antagonist in any fairytale, one who promises and threatens and cajoles and corrupts but always playfully and with capricious self-delight. For anyone looking for something fantastic and a little left-field, this is the beastie for you!\n\nMarionette in doll form is approximately 25cm in height or 60cm when strung.\n\nSqueaky Classics: Original designs for all ages from our early roots til now!\n\nThe first puppet I ever made in our standard 6-string design was a little Mummy marionette, a simple bandaged affair which utilised the weight of the clay pieces and the meagre costuming to create a proper functioning prototype which remains the core design behind most of our work to date. By working with some basic archetypes and alternating through gender, age and cultural influences, I developed a classic range of differing characters which are a continuing part of the Squeaking Tribe canon today. As familiar as these characters are to me now, I keep the joy alive by incorporating more details and personal quirks than I did in the past, so each one still retains its own unique identity. For the budget-minded, these are a good starting point to gauge your interest without betting the farm. 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One day the villagers had enough curiosity to ask him \"Sir, why do you carry your lantern lit in daylight?\" He said, \"Because I'm searching for an honest man.\"\n\nThis is a story most often attributed to the greek eremite Diogenes of Sinope, one major contributor to the Cynic school of philosophy.\n\nThe Hermit is one of Story's most familiar and powerful archetypes, a protective figure, often an Old Man or Woman, who aids the Hero in their quest with an object of power, wise advice, or a glimpse into the future.\n\nThe Hermit is also the ninth card of the Major Arcana in Tarot Decks. Promoting solitude and introspection, he represents a kind of shamanistic hero, having internalized the lessons of a long life to the point that he is the lesson. The cowl The Hermit wears protects him and isolates him. The lantern he carries indicates the light of the knowledge he has earned and that now protects him in his isolation; it leads his way along the final leg of his mortal journey. There are two possible ways this card can be interpreted: first, the need to withdraw from society to become comfortable with oneself, and second, the return from isolation to share the knowledge with others.\n\nFully articulated marionettes and interactive Art!\n\nWhen I first began making marionette puppets back in 1996 (22 years young), I was living with a potter and a drum-maker in the foothills of Adelaide, South Australia. With access to a whole range of clays, I found myself one day sculpting a hollow head and face. \"If I added clay hands and feet,\" I thought to myself, \"I'd have the basic counter balances for a puppet!\" Which prompted two simple questions: a) Of what little marionettes I'd seen, why did so many of them look so cheap and crappy, and b) Why did none of them work!?\n\nMy challenge clearly was to make a good looking puppet that would actually perform. As the Internet was yet to become a household fixture and Google not yet a technocrat's pipedream, I resorted to local libraries whose resources on the subject was terribly lacking. Luckily, the process for making a marionette was a time consuming one with many separate factors; hand sculpting with clay which needed days (sometimes weeks) to dry before firing, sewing and soft-sculpture creation of the 'skeleton', costuming and assembling of the basic character, construction of an appropriate crosspiece before stringing and detailing the final finished piece. In all, a process that required a 3-6 weeks work, an opportunity of course which allowed a LOT of extra time for dreaming up new puppet characters to make!\n\nEvery marionette I made, I was learning and discovering new ways to make them quicker and more effective and with every idea that ensued, I was having more and more ideas of other puppets I could make. The avalanche of ideas which consumed me in that first year alone could keep me busy crafting for a decade at least; having kept that passion alive for over twenty-five years, I easily have enough ideas to fill multiple lifetimes!\n\nFrom these humble beginnings, I have since developed a whole range of different interactive effigies which borrow from the traditional methods of Puppetmaking while at the same time improve on ideas of articulation to create marionettes which everyone can use and indeed, with a little practice, manipulate like a professional. Sharing this with others and inspiring a new generation of artists and puppeteers to reignite the tradition is probably the greatest joy in this life I have made and now share with my wife, Sara.\n\nSol\n\nDoll-form\/ full marionette height approximately 73\/125cm or 28\/48in.","brand":"The Squeaking Tribe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038858744112,"sku":"FUL0018","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/1756\/9584\/files\/069ba232-il_fullxfull.6174162909_9co5.jpg?v=1754721858"},{"product_id":"charlie-the-dancing-ogre-large-marionette","title":"Charlie the Dancing Ogre: Large Articulated Marionette","description":"Fully articulated marionettes and interactive Art!\n\nWhen I first began making marionette puppets back in 1996 (22 years young), I was living with a potter and a drum-maker in the foothills of Adelaide, South Australia. 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Luckily, the process for making a marionette was a time consuming one with many separate factors; hand sculpting with clay which needed days (sometimes weeks) to dry before firing, sewing and soft-sculpture creation of the 'skeleton', costuming and assembling of the basic character, construction of an appropriate crosspiece before stringing and detailing the final finished piece. In all, a process that required a 3-6 weeks work, an opportunity of course which allowed a LOT of extra time for dreaming up new puppet characters to make!\n\nEvery marionette I made, I was learning and discovering new ways to make them quicker and more effective and with every idea that ensued, I was having more and more ideas of other puppets I could make. 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Luckily, the process for making a marionette was a time consuming one with many separate factors; hand sculpting with clay which needed days (sometimes weeks) to dry before firing, sewing and soft-sculpture creation of the 'skeleton', costuming and assembling of the basic character, construction of an appropriate crosspiece before stringing and detailing the final finished piece. In all, a process that required a 3-6 weeks work, an opportunity of course which allowed a LOT of extra time for dreaming up new puppet characters to make!\n\nEvery marionette I made, I was learning and discovering new ways to make them quicker and more effective and with every idea that ensued, I was having more and more ideas of other puppets I could make. The avalanche of ideas which consumed me in that first year alone could keep me busy crafting for a decade at least; having kept that passion alive for over twenty-five years, I easily have enough ideas to fill multiple lifetimes!\n\nFrom these humble beginnings, I have since developed a whole range of different interactive effigies which borrow from the traditional methods of Puppetmaking while at the same time improve on ideas of articulation to create marionettes which everyone can use and indeed, with a little practice, manipulate like a professional. 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Relics of the kings and queens of Ancient Egypt, the Mummy attained a second life as one of Hammer Films monsters, and has since assumed as many mantles and retellings as other Universal greats such as the Wolfman and Fankenstein's Monster. It is also the idea behind the first small six-string marionette I developed nearly 30 years ago!\nDressed in the musty, yellow bandages in which it was preserved and made dusty with the cobwebs of the underworld through which it walks, this larger articulated version hides its horror in the details, a tribute to my own early fumblings as a puppet-maker as much as to those brought to un-life by the masters of the Silver Screen. A very special monster, indeed.\n\n\nFully articulated marionettes and interactive Art!\n\nWhen I first began making marionette puppets back in 1996 (22 years young), I was living with a potter and a drum-maker in the foothills of Adelaide, South Australia. 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Luckily, the process for making a marionette was a time consuming one with many separate factors; hand sculpting with clay which needed days (sometimes weeks) to dry before firing, sewing and soft-sculpture creation of the 'skeleton', costuming and assembling of the basic character, construction of an appropriate crosspiece before stringing and detailing the final finished piece. In all, a process that required a 3-6 weeks work, an opportunity of course which allowed a LOT of extra time for dreaming up new puppet characters to make!\n\nEvery marionette I made, I was learning and discovering new ways to make them quicker and more effective and with every idea that ensued, I was having more and more ideas of other puppets I could make. 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