Hi BJ- when designing the layout of the eyebrow mech on the mouthplate- do we need to allow a certain amount of room in front of it for the eyeblink? Awesome class today- looking forward to getting on with making my mech!
BJ if you have access to puppets with mechs, would it be possible to bring them and show us in the next class? I would love to see how you use them. Thanks
Hi BJ, In the eyebrow mech you demonstrated, are the plastic eyebrow shapes a support to go underneath the fur/fleece/felt being used for the eyebrow or are they the actual eyebrow itself? Thanks
the plastic eyebrow shapes can be used as the actual eyebrow, but i generally glue fur or fleece over it and use it as a base
if im adding an eyebrow mech to a puppet i will generally ncot have another mech like an eyeblink as well. too much movement complicates the performance and is a bit of an engineering nightmare to figure out where everything goes inside the puppet
the pliers were Craftsman RoboGrip pliers
i will try and post some reference pics later today
Thanks for the answer to my previous question BJ. New question- You used large and small tubing put together for the eyebrow mech. I only have the small inner tubing at the moment. Is it important to the success of the mech to use the large tubing as well?
I single piece of tubing will be fine. I only used 2 because the wire I decided to use was a smaller diameter than the original. I normally only use 1 piece of tubing with the correct inner diameter for the wire. The only thing to remember is to drill your hole in the plywood just slightly smaller then the outer diameter of whatever size tubing you decide to use
Shoot, not sure where my question went BJ, here is the eye mech I've been working on. Thinking of adding a hinged double arm rod to it so I can do everything with one puppeteer. Have you worked with anything like that?
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if im adding an eyebrow mech to a puppet i will generally ncot have another mech like an eyeblink as well. too much movement complicates the performance and is a bit of an engineering nightmare to figure out where everything goes inside the puppet
the pliers were Craftsman RoboGrip pliers
i will try and post some reference pics later today
BJ, here is the eye mech I've been working on. Thinking of adding a hinged double arm rod to it so I can do everything with one puppeteer. Have you worked with anything like that?
http://forums.stanwinstonschool.com/discussion/1942/post-questions-before-aug-29
This forum is for workshop students only, so if you can post it again,
I'll send it to BJ!
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