So since I've first posted images of my puppet Hans my Hedgehog, [link] I've had people asking to see her in motion.

Well, now you finally can.

Here is a general video of me working her - [link]
and here is a video that focuses more on her head - [link]

I don't know if there is anyone else interested in puppets out there. But if you have any questions about how she was constructed, I don't mind answering them. She required a lot of trial since as far as I am aware their isn't really information that's given to the public about the specific mechanics of Bunraku puppets. This mostly came from me studying what I assumed were similar methods, conjecturing things that might work, and then testing them in miniature.

And yes...I realize the last 20 seconds of the video about her head are sadly ironic. That happened because she is a high maintenance puppet, and some of the mechanisms in her eyes are fairly delicate. I wasn't aware that something was so amiss with that left eye of hers until I was reviewing the film.

And kudo's to mah sissy who served as mah lovely assistant!

I promise you all some lovely artses tomorrow, but for now, I am le tired and I need le sleep.