Crafty Tuesday Overthinking
Mar. 6th, 2018 08:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puppetmakerSometimes the simple solution is best.
There are times in a project I know that I need to step back and strip down what I am trying to do.
I can get caught up on details that are not necessary for the look of what I am trying to make but I will know if they are there or not.
I use to make buttonholes for shirts that I put on puppets until I figured out that the outfit they were wearing was the only outfit they were ever going to wear. Easier to sew the buttons on without buttonholes.
There are times that I finished the seams in puppet clothing esp. if it will be seen but overall I have found puppets don’t give a rip about unfinished seams.
Unless I have to make the collar of a puppet shirt stand up, I don’t put interfacing in the collars anymore. Ditto on the cuffs. If I am going for a look that needs some more support, then I will take the extra time for something that doesn’t make that much of a difference to the look of the puppet.
Sometimes gluing works better than sewing and looks better too. Again I have to weigh the look verse the practicality of the puppet.
I do build my puppets to be used. They are re-enforced at points that tend to breakdown over time. That takes more time but I know it will be a good thing in the long term. I don’t skimp on those steps.
The Doctor Strange movie version puppet is a fine example of over thinking it then pulling back to something reasonable. I am, however proud of the Eye of Aggamotto that lights up. It was a pain to make and when I do it again, I have ideas how to simplify it and still make it look cool. The cloak I would pretty much remake it the same way except get the pleats going the correct way the first time. The sling ring would be redone now that I actually know what it looks like rather than my guess from photos but what I came up with worked to a degree.
(for the VI: Photo of Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange. Wearing a red cape, a blue outfit with the eye of Aggamotto)
(For the VI: Dr. Strange the puppet wearing a red cloak, blue outfit with the eye of aggamotto medallion around his neck and a sling ring on his finger)
There is one puppet I made that I did make multiple outfits for and sweated a lot of details on that I am proud that I went to that extent. Not something I am going to do every time. That would be the Chris Parker puppet from Laura Antonio’s very adult series of Marketplace books.
I am now working through two sets of puppets for DragonCon. One will be the art show set and the other the puppetslam set. Both have a lot of detail but I am working hard not to overthink them. I have 6 months to put these together so I know I want to start now. To get it done in time, I will need to strip everything down to it component parts and not overthink things.
I am grateful for the details.
There are times in a project I know that I need to step back and strip down what I am trying to do.
I can get caught up on details that are not necessary for the look of what I am trying to make but I will know if they are there or not.
I use to make buttonholes for shirts that I put on puppets until I figured out that the outfit they were wearing was the only outfit they were ever going to wear. Easier to sew the buttons on without buttonholes.
There are times that I finished the seams in puppet clothing esp. if it will be seen but overall I have found puppets don’t give a rip about unfinished seams.
Unless I have to make the collar of a puppet shirt stand up, I don’t put interfacing in the collars anymore. Ditto on the cuffs. If I am going for a look that needs some more support, then I will take the extra time for something that doesn’t make that much of a difference to the look of the puppet.
Sometimes gluing works better than sewing and looks better too. Again I have to weigh the look verse the practicality of the puppet.
I do build my puppets to be used. They are re-enforced at points that tend to breakdown over time. That takes more time but I know it will be a good thing in the long term. I don’t skimp on those steps.
The Doctor Strange movie version puppet is a fine example of over thinking it then pulling back to something reasonable. I am, however proud of the Eye of Aggamotto that lights up. It was a pain to make and when I do it again, I have ideas how to simplify it and still make it look cool. The cloak I would pretty much remake it the same way except get the pleats going the correct way the first time. The sling ring would be redone now that I actually know what it looks like rather than my guess from photos but what I came up with worked to a degree.
(for the VI: Photo of Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange. Wearing a red cape, a blue outfit with the eye of Aggamotto)
(For the VI: Dr. Strange the puppet wearing a red cloak, blue outfit with the eye of aggamotto medallion around his neck and a sling ring on his finger)
There is one puppet I made that I did make multiple outfits for and sweated a lot of details on that I am proud that I went to that extent. Not something I am going to do every time. That would be the Chris Parker puppet from Laura Antonio’s very adult series of Marketplace books.
I am now working through two sets of puppets for DragonCon. One will be the art show set and the other the puppetslam set. Both have a lot of detail but I am working hard not to overthink them. I have 6 months to put these together so I know I want to start now. To get it done in time, I will need to strip everything down to it component parts and not overthink things.
I am grateful for the details.
