As the
process of making the finalized prototype was going really well and the puppets
looked well-made and professional I decided to use them as my final puppets.
This decision was also made as cost and time was running low.
I created the
puppets head first, while all the face of the puppet was at a good standard, I
unfortunately came across a problem with attaching the polystyrene balls to the
breast area on the Essex style puppet. They wouldn't sit right on the arm and
when I removed them, some of the polystyrene stuck onto the fleece.
As I was already
so far in the making and time and cost issues, I chose to improvise and covered
the stuck polystyrene and stitch the outline of the breasts. It didn't turn out
how I wanted and I wished I had tested it out before hand, but now I will use
this incidence as future reference.
As I had to
stitch on an extra bit of fleece to cover the mess, the stitch was on show, so I
chose to apply a bead necklace around her neck to cover it.
