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Large and complicated Japanese puppets. Learn how to use your wrists to control Bunraku puppets in this free puppetry lesson video from an expert puppeteer.
There are 20 videos in this series:
How are puppets controlled? Learn about the function of a Bunraku Puppet Wrist Arm Control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Make your own puppet. Learn about the materials you need to make a Bunraku Puppet Wrist Arm Control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Tips for constructing puppets. Learn how to prepare a drill to make a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Guide for making puppet control. Learn how to drill a hole for elbow joint in a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Tips for making puppet control rod. Learn how to use a band saw to cut a groove for a Bunraku puppet arm control rod in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Shop tips for making a puppet controller. Learn how to drill a dowel for a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Control rods for puppets. Make a puppet control in your workshop. Learn how to sand a dowel for a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Make your own Japanese-style puppet. Learn how to make a tube that string controls run throught for a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Controlling your puppet. Learn how to sand control tubes for strings of a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Mechanism for moving puppet hands. Learn how to make a grip for a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Shop tips for making a puppet. Learn how cut wood dowelt for a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
How Bunraku puppets work. Learn how a Bunraku puppet arm control works in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Tips for controlling puppets. Learn how to add guide markings for a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Build a puppet at home. Learn how to glue together parts for a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Make a puppet at home. Learn how to join together tubes for a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Puppet craftsmanship. Learn sanding tips for a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
The art of making puppets. Learn how to plan the toggle control of a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Puppet master tricks of the trade. Learn how to put together toggle for a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
How to control puppet hands. Watch a demonstration of a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Final stage of making puppet wrist control. Learn about putting the finishing touches on a Bunraku puppet arm control in this free puppetry lesson from an expert puppeteer.
Bunraku puppets are Japanese puppets ranging in size from two to four feet tall. Most of these puppets require three people to operate: one to control the right hand, one to control the left hand, one to control the feet and legs and the main puppeteer to control the right hand and head. The audience can see the puppeteers, who often perform with black hoods over their heads. Puppetry such as Bunraku is a theatre art of the highest order with some of the most amazing sets, costume design and character creations you will ever see. Sure, we’ll always have primitive puppets for children’s television shows and cheap comedies. But please remember that the world of puppetry goes far beyond those silly sock puppets into a fascinating universe of delight and imagination.
In this free puppet lesson video, you will learn how to make a controller which operates the hands of a Bunraku puppet. Our expert puppeteer will tell you what building materials you need, then demonstrate all the steps of constructing your very own puppet controller.
Emily DeCola Emily DeCola, is a freelance designer, performer and director working all over the world with puppetry and masks on stage and in television and film. She is based in New York City. Her puppets and performances can been seen on screen in "LazyTown" (Nickelodeon), "Johnny and the Sprites" (Disney), "Moonfishing" (David Michael Friend), "Huyghe Le Corbusier" (Pierre Huyghe) and "Katalog" (Cipher Productions). She's a student of Master Marionnettist, Albrecht Roser, a member of his Meisterklasse, and has studied with Dan Hurlin and The SITI company, among others. DeCola is a proud recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Project Grant, the 2004 UNIMA Grant for International Study in Puppetry, a YES Foundation Fellowship, and a series of great studio space grants from Chashama. She is thrilled that puppets are "finally hip!"dkdk
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