Puppet Construction WSL/TTL/BL-Z
Designing and crafting puppets using various techniques and materials. The design process includes basic technical drawing necessary
for creating projects on a 1:1 scale.
Sculpting in styrofoam, styrodur, and wood.
Clay modeling and making plaster casts.
Creating armatures on molds and in negatives. Making full and hollow heads using butafory technique.
Cutting puppet forms from foam. Exploring the use of different materials and their combinations.
Practical learning of puppetry techniques from project design to creating three-dimensional puppet forms in selected techniques.
Over 4 semesters, students design and create: hand puppets, rod puppets, tabletop puppets, and character puppets (muppets).
In exceptional cases, expanding student skills to include building puppets such as street puppets, marionettes (string puppet), etc.
Course coordinators
Term 2024/25-Z: | Term 2018/19-L: | Term 2023/24-Z: | Term 2021/22-Z: | Term 2020/21-Z: | Term 2022/23-Z: | Term 2019/20-Z: | Term 2018/19-Z: |
Learning outcomes
In terms of knowledge (W):
T_W08
In terms of skills (U):
T_U03
T_U06
In terms of social competence (K):
T_K04
Assessment criteria
Assessment of projects and crafted puppet forms .
I – credit without a mark (non-graded pass)
II – credit with a mark
Bibliography
1. H. Jurkowski "Métamorphoses"
2. H. Jurkowski "Dzieje teatru lalek", I-III (techniki lalkarskie)
1. H. Sych „Tajemnica Teatru Lalek”
2. J. Jenson "The works"
3. J. Malik "Świat lalek"
4. Les marionnettes (album)
5. Współczesny teatr lalek (album)