Save money- design your show in ½” scale from paper! It's measure twice, cut once in miniature. I’ll show you how to use scale to plan out your designs and create tiny models of any object. Everyone gets a sample and a new technique to visualize their show- before they can’t fit it into their car.
- Learn to measure objects in scale
- Learn to translate 3 dimensions into a flat object
- Understand how to apply the technique to any style show
Together we'll design a basic puppet stage based on your own personalized measurements. You'll take home the knowledge of how to estimate, plan, and create your own tiny puppet shows! Your modest materials fee covers cardstock paper, a pencil, and any of my patterns you get to keep. I will have scale rulers available for use and purchase.
Good applications for this knowledge:
- Toy Theater Construction
- Touring Companies
- Anyone who wants to travel with their puppets
- Interviews and Presentations where bringing the show is impossible
- Estimating budget needs based on materials
- Testing out new experimental concepts
- School projects
Carole D'Agostino is a graduate of the University of Connecticut's Puppet Arts Program. Professionally, Carole has worked as a builder for Ave. Q on Broadway, a puppeteer on SeeMore's Playhouse, as well as in John Tartaglia's Off-Broadway black light puppet show, Imaginocean. Carole has studied with Albrecht Roser, Philip Huber, Wendy Morton, Larry Reed, Rick Lyon and many other masters in the field.
Carole is a puppet performer and builder for television, film, and stage. Television credits: PBS’s SeeMore’s Playhouse, MTV2’s Crank Yankers, IFC’s Greg the Bunny, and Noggin’s Upside Down Show. Theater Credits: John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean, Avenue Q, Shrek! the Musical, Thomas the Tank Engine Live2, and Arias with a Twist. Carole has a new puppet show, Excess Baggage, about obsessive hoarding. She earned her BFA in Puppetry from UConn.
