RepCo: Corda at RWCMD - Ink Mushroom Puppet
Concept by Melody Bainbridge-Todd
Devised by Melody Bainbridge-Todd, Mabel Westwood, Pippa Hinken-Evans, Charlie Hagen, Theodore Poe, Tara Turner
Composers Jacob Owen and Theodore Poe
Character Designer: Melody Bainbridge-Todd
Set Designer: Mabel Westwood
Lighting Designer: Gabriella Thomas
Supported by Lee, C. Todd and RepCo
Inky was puppeteered by myself for a puppetry visual and musical storytelling play I was a produced and directed at RWMCD. First I completed a scale drawing of 132cm before creating a rough maquette in the style of bunraku. I planned the structure inside on tracing paper, transferred to hardply and used a Jigsaw machine. For support, I drilled 8mm screws into the worbla head, wooden structure and PVC pipe. Lastly, the cap is made of plastazote.
(For more information on Corda, please see Album: Repco: Corda at RWCMD Production)
Myself Puppeteering Inky.
Actor: Pippa Hinkin-Evans
Photographer: Kirsten McTernan
Puppeteers: Lara Rees and Mabel Westwood
References and Concept Art by myself of the Ink Mushroom.
The final 3D print is made of PLA for sustainability. Prior to Flints black paint, the hands are fillered and sanded by my assistant Deio Williams.
5 weeks of rehearsals divising with the crew impacted the final outcome of Inky. As the puppet represents the short lifespan of the main character, I altered the chest to allow organsa to bleed out.
With the assitance of Simona Roeva, the mushroom cap layered light weight farbics with a wire brush. For the gills, Zach Moore and Deio Willians pleated brown organsa with UHU and hot glue to mimic ribbing.
Myself puppeteering for Corda
