David Currell
Shadow Puppets and Shadow Play
The Crowood Press Ltd, 2007. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. 9781861269249 Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; prominent creasing to front top edge of jacket. Shadow Puppets and Shadow Play is a comprehensive guide to the design, construction and manipulation and presentation of shadow puppets, considered by many to be the oldest puppet theatre tradition. Traditional shadow play techniques, together with modern materials and methods and recent explorations into theatre of shadows, are explained with precision and clarity, and illustrated by photographs that include the work of some of the finest shadow players in the world. Topics covered include: an introduction to shadow play, its traditions and the principles of shadow puppet design; advice on materials and methods for constructing and controlling traditional shadow puppets and scenery and there are step-by-step instructions for adding detail and decoration and creating transculent figures in full-colour. Detailed methods for constructing shadow theatres and using a wide range of lighting techniques are given along with techniques of shadow puppet performance and contemporary explorations with shadow play. Finally, there are instructions for makng animated, silhouette films with digital photography. 208 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Crafts & Hobbies; ISBN/EAN: 9781861269249. Inventory No: dscf11886.

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