Making a puppet film...
This January, I was commissioned by the Devon Guild of Craftsmen to create a short puppet film called Flying with Strings for their puppetry exhibition Art, Craft and Imagination: a peep into the world of puppets (curated by John Roberts). The film was made possible thanks to a grant from the Golsoncott Foundation.
The finished film is a music and puppetry collaboration between myself and my partner Louis Bingham, a musician and specialist in fretted strings. It features three bird marionettes which I created during lockdown last year. We were joined by Jolyon Holroyd on camera for the filming, which took place in the Devon Guild’s former cafe space.
Flying with Strings can be viewed in 4 separate parts at the Flying with Strings page (Swallow, Hoopoe and Bee-eater, and a bit about the project). The full film can now be viewed as part of the online exhibition. The gallery itself will open to the public from mid April, in line with Covid-19 restrictions, and the exhibition will run until the 16th May.
