TOTO THE NINJA CAT
|Toto the Ninja Cat | The Little Angel Theatre Company
Role: Puppet making assistant- Internal structure team
Set designer: Oliver Hymans
Puppet Design: Oliver Hymans | Naomi Oppenhiem
Director: Samantha Lane
Lighting Design: Sherry Coenen
Photographer: Ellie Kurttz
Role- Puppet making assistant- Internal structure team
Assisted with the making of puppets for Toto The Ninja Cat, working closely with and following the designs of Naomi Oppenhiem and Oliver Hymans.
I assisted at the start of the project with the internal puppet structures of the two main cats, rats and tiger. I did not contribute to the rendering.
Skillsets:
Patterning for EVA foam
Assembling EVA foam patterns
Contact adhesive
Wooden cross section joints
Making Process
Designs by Oliver and Naomi
Cat internal wooden structure pieces
Cat limbs
Naomi's cat leg pattern
Adding ball joints
Cat body full limb joints
Cat leg joints
Cat torso cross section & handle
Cat torso foam cladding
Final cat body
Rat leg cross section
Rat leg pattern
Naomi's rat torso pattern
Patterning the tiger body
Using Naomi's tiger head clay sculpt for reference
Naomi's tiger head pattern
Final tiger head EVA foam construction
