Design

Puppetry

Thanatos Puppet and Crew

Made from foam, wood, styrofoam, LED lights, and string. This 10ft tall puppet required three puppeteers to operate my design. Two puppeteers control the hands and fingers while the other puppeteer operates the mouth and torso.

Orc Puppet

Made from hard foam, wood, spackle, paper mâché, cloth, and cardboard.

"Humanoid Vulture" Shadow Puppet

Global Protest Puppet

Made from recyclable materials, this puppet stands up to 12ft high.

Old Man Puppet

Made from felt, fur, faux jewels, and scraps of an old wig.

Thanatos Puppet In Action

Benjamin crafted this 10ft tall skeleton for his piece, "The Book from Hell."

Opaque and Translucent Wolf Shadow Puppets

These two puppets are an example of some of the early work in exploring the different styles of shadow puppetry

Wooden Puppet

This Wooden puppet is capable of talking with the use of a bit of spring, wood, and lace

Parrot and Owl Puppets

Made from bamboo, bungee cord, and carboard.

Orc Puppet (Pre-Production)

Rear of Orc Puppet

A sword and spear pierce this puppet to help the handles for its puppeteer blend in.

Owl Puppet (pre-production)

News Article
Featuring Puppetry

Environmental Science Students Protest with Puppetry

Puppets featured in this article were designed and built by Benjamin Cudmore.

The Globe is on the March

Environmental Science Students Protest using Benjamin's Globe Puppet

Owl and Parrot Puppet

Environmental Science Students Protest using Benjamin's Bird Puppets

Environmental Science Students Protest with Puppetry

Puppets featured in this article were designed and built by Benjamin Cudmore.

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Props

Skeleton Mask

Paper mâché mask.

Harlequin Comedia Mask

Paper Mâché Venetian mask.

Haunted House: Props Master

Created faux taxidermy, masks, body parts, weapons, and more.

White Pearl: Props Master

Created labels for bottles and fake brands for merchandise. Created reusable fake drinks out of water, dye, and modge podge that was then sealed to not leak and look like milk tea. Filled whiskey bottles with diluted ice tea to give the illusion of whiskey. Made acrylic ice cubes to have reusable cups and not worry about melting props and more.