handicraft
Handicraft art
Handmade
All of our stage machines are unique artistic products, handmade; they are built on the basis of original projects. In our shows we use different techniques: string puppets, wrist puppets, bunraku puppets, human-arm puppet, biorobotic prostheses, giant masks, etc. in an endless research on the potential of the object. The possibilities offered by technology blend with the ancestral charm of ancient construction techniques.
String puppets
The string puppet is a full-body figure moved from above by strings. Unlike the string puppet, the glove puppet is that figure that appears on stage with half body and it is moved from below, by the hand of the puppeteer who wears it like a glove.
Wrist puppets
A Siberian technique invented by the robotic engineer Wladirm Zakharov in the early 90'. They are mechanical prostheses directly positioned on the hand of the manipulator. They represent the link between robotics and theatre.
Human-arm puppets
The actor and the puppet become one organism. The manipulator holds with one hand the head of the puppet, while his body – or parts of it – become the body of the puppet. The actor and the puppet merge into one organism.
Giant Masks
Giant masks made of different materials that transform the actor’s body into a living puppet.
String puppets
Construction Materials
The materials used for the construction of the stage machines are the most varied: wood, aluminium, harmonic steel, iron, foam rubber, felted wool, organic material such as feathers of birds or bones of animals. Each performance is an opportunity for a technical exploration from which to create theatrical works that are living, changing organisms.
Wrist puppets
Human-arm puppet
Giant Masks
