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The Softie Characters;
Comfy, Cosy and Cuddle
are Puppets created by us and as with all Hands up Puppets they are very
light and performable, we are also puppeteers so this is a priority for
us. The Puppets also needed to handle objects so we arrived at a simple
round full figure Puppet design with both live and rodded hands.
The Rods and sleeves are internal to keep the soft outward appearance.
Softie Setting;
The Studio Set was raised
and very Puppet-Friendly. Designed to look fantastical like an oversized
soft garden. ( Set Designer-Ash Wilkinson )
It's a magical place with big bendy grass, large wobbly flowers,
squashy blackberry pillows and snugly leaf duvets. Everything in the
Softies world is soft.
Potting Shed;
Anything and everything
from the big, wide world can appear in the Potting Shed. Many various
windchimes and suncatchers dangle from the roof and around the window.
Every
day, something new appears on the little workbench for the Softies to
discover. Examples ; A sand box and shells, a shopping
basket, snails, a toy car, boots and shoes, flowers, a rabbit, percussion
instruments, a bowl of fruit, balloons and streamers, dressing up clothes,
a plastic boat, sandwiches, a train set, fluffy chicks, armbands, a bowl
of fish. The Softies use all their senses to explore
the things they find. They inspect them closely, touch and feel them, listen
to the sounds they make, smell them and sometimes bite and taste them.
Then they play with them.
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