hand puppet, Space Creature (pink)
Report a Mistake- Date Made 1953
- Event --
- Affiliation English Canadian
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
Velleman, Leo
Velleman, Dora
Canadian Puppet Festivals - Object Number 94-1908
- Place of Origin Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Ontario
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Recreational artifacts
- Sub-category Public entertainment device
- Department Folklore
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1953/01/01
- Latest 1953/12/31
- Materials Wood, Metal, Glass, Textile, Rubber, Plastic
- Measurements Height 67.0 cm, Width 25.0 cm, Depth 11.0 cm
- Related activity Puppetry
- Caption Character from a television production
- Additional Information Planet Tolex, CBC TV/CBLT Toronto, 1953-1954.
- Caption Leo and Dora Velleman
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Additional Information
In 1950, Leo and Dora Velleman moved to Toronto, where they began a 30-year career of live and television puppet performances. As professional photographers, they had originally used puppets to hold children's attention, but eventually abandoned photography altogether. Their company, Canadian Puppet Festivals, frequently toured Canada and Europe and was featured at Expo 67. They also worked in American and Canadian television. Rejecting the traditional marionette, their work involved the imaginative use of lathe-turned wood and polyfoam, and stressed the use of hand and rod puppets. The operators, often dressed in black, appeared onstage with the puppets. Canadian Puppet Festivals trained many apprentices over the years, and Leo and Dora were employed as puppetry instructors by the Ontario Ministry of Education and community colleges. They moved to Nova Scotia in 1975 to form the Leading Wind Puppet Theatre, and received a UNIMA Citation for Excellence in the Art of Puppetry in 1977.
Adapted from Figuratively Speaking : Puppetry in Ontario by Ken McKay, copyright 1990. Courtesy of the Ontario Puppetry Association and Ken McKay.
- Caption Hand Puppet
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Additional Information
(Alternate name: Glove Puppet)
Category of puppet manipulated from below. Hand puppets generally consist of a hollow head and a fabric costume attached at the base of the neck. This type of puppet is controlled by a hand placed inside the costume: one or two fingers are fed into the neck; the others are placed in each of the arms, providing direct control of the puppet's movements. The head and hands of a hand puppet can be made of materials that are either solid (wood, plastic wood, papier mâché) or pliable (fabric, foam rubber, latex). Hand puppets usually have no legs; when they do have legs, these hang limply without being controlled.
Definition inspired by the Kenneth B. McKay book, Puppetry in Canada: An Art to Enchant, published by the Ontario Puppetry Association. Copyright 1980
Hand and Rod Puppet
Type of puppet which combines both hand and rod techniques. A hand placed inside the head of the puppet controls its movements, while the other hand controls the two rods attached to the puppet's arms. In some variations, two puppeteers share manipulation. The term "hand and rod puppet" can also be used to describe a hand puppet whose head is controlled by a short rod concealed inside the costume.
Definition inspired by the Kenneth B. McKay book, Puppetry in Canada: An Art to Enchant, published by the Ontario Puppetry Association. Copyright 1980