"...Hundreds of life-size animal puppets have begun a 20,000km journey from central Africa to the Arctic Circle as part of an ambitious project...The public #art initiative called The Herds, which has already visited Kinshasa and Lagos, will travel to 20 cities over four months to raise awareness of the #ClimateCrisis..."
Art & #culture can be used creatively to motivate people. For this project, local ingenuity is combined with the world-wide human love of #puppets.
Macabre and unsettling furry #puppets, the #psychology of #colour in popular #films, British seaside simulator app, neon #art by AK Berlin that are a blast from the 80's, eerie and strange portals and much more. #InterestingThings #ContentCatnip
http://contentcatnip.com/2025/05/04/10-interesting-things-i-found-on-the-internet-153/
Been on vacation and have commissions coming up so no new #PuppetBuilding pics, so back to #FlashbackFriday! I still use this gaggle from 2021 as the background in a lot of my socials. #puppets
Love this one. It's a bionic ape creature and we had incredible time working on him #puppets #creature #custompuppet #puppetstudio #newyork
Slick Rick the Ruler and NIGO. Via Cian Moore on Instagram (sweetcian) #puppets #nike #characterdesign #custompuppets #cute #hiphop
The Herds
The Herds is a public arts initiative with an aim to bring awareness to the the issues of climate change - which often results in the forced migration of animal species. The Herds will travel 12,400 miles and visit 20 cities across four months to “flee climate disaster,” with the group making their way from the Congo Basin through Nigeria, Senegal, Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, the UK, and Norway - finishing in the Arctic Circle in August.
The puppets are made primarily from recycled materials: cardboard for the skin and rubber for the joints.
As it travels, the herd will be joined by new locally created puppets representing local species, such as vervet monkeys in Nigeria, wolves and red deer in Europe, and reindeer in Norway. Sadly, some puppets will also 'die' along the route
For more info visit www.theherds.org
The Herds
The Herds is a public arts initiative with an aim to bring awareness to the the issues of climate change - which often results in the forced migration of animal species. The Herds will travel 12,400 miles and visit 20 cities across four months to “flee climate disaster,” with the group making their way from the Congo Basin through Nigeria, Senegal, Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, the UK, and Norway - finishing in the Arctic Circle in August.
The puppets are made primarily from recycled materials: cardboard for the skin and rubber for the joints.
As it travels, the herd will be joined by new locally created puppets representing local species, such as vervet monkeys in Nigeria, wolves and red deer in Europe, and reindeer in Norway. Sadly, some puppets will also 'die' along the route.
For more info visit www.theherds.org
Two more chances to see ODDISEA: A Puppet Procession at the WOW Festival at UCSD this weekend (Apr 25 and 26th at 7:30pm). Giant puppets by Animal Cracker Conspiracy, lighted puppet "clothing" by Enlighted Designs. see http://wowfestival.org for more info #sandiego #art #puppets #LEDs
Thursday - recharge with Bread and Puppet Theater at the #SomervilleMA Armory
https://artsatthearmory.org/events/bread-puppet-theater-the-obligation-to-live/
Puppet show! Puppet show! Bread & Puppet Theater is excited to announce their spring tour, traveling from #Vermont down the Eastern Seaboard. As always, the show will include #puppets large and small, music, up-to-the-minute #politics, and spectacles not to be missed. After the show Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and Bread & Puppet’s “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press – will be for sale.
Of their latest show, The Obligation to Live, director Peter Schumann reminds us that, “The obligation to be alive and act against the actors of death is just one of humanity’s many obligations. We also have the obligation to courage and the obligation to plant garlic in the rubble of the empire. Possibilitarians know this and bring giants, dragons, horses, sheep, butterflies, and the exact dance of death required for this exact moment.”
#BostonWeekend 18/x
Pixels and Puppets is Live on #Owncast!
Puppets! Chill crafty hangoutage on the build stream.
New #video series on building #puppets! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials. First up we tackle the nemesis of all puppet builders: hands. On #YouTube and for my #fediverse peeps, #Peertube.
New in the shop, it’s the traditional #easter, uh, goblin and ogre! Hey, traditions have to start somewhere. Available for adoption at https://www.operationpuppet.com/ #puppets #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #independentartist
#stream follow up: ended up going with a young goblin vibe. Really pleased with this one. Lots of charm. #puppets #puppetbuilding
Pixels and Puppets is Live on #Owncast!
Puppets! Chill crafty hangoutage on the build stream.