Giant Monkey Puppet - Copyright 2006-2007 by David Faught

Just for fun, I tried to create a simple 2D simulation of the [[Pantograph]] GiantPuppet arm assembly in Squeak, first using [[ODEco|http://map1.squeakfoundation.org/sm]] and then using [[ThingLab|http://map1.squeakfoundation.org/sm]]. The [[ODEco|http://map1.squeakfoundation.org/sm]] flavor worked the best, but not really as I wanted it to work. I might still try it with [[Skeleton|http://map1.squeakfoundation.org/sm]] some day, but I think that actually building a cardboard model might work better.\n\nTrying these simulations pointed out to me once again one of the things that I don't like about Squeak. Many of these very cool but old projects are dependent on the particular version and level of Squeak that they were written with, and it can be difficult (and frustrating) to recreate the correct environment for a given project. So just having the old project's code around doesn't always help much. I hate to think that it is necessary to keep complete image and VM files around for old projects, but for important ones that might be the only way.

Looked again at Menards over the weekend for GiantPuppet parts, and came up with possibly using a pair of light bulb changers for arm control sticks. They are about $15 each, are aluminum, light, and adjustable and extend in 3 sections to 11 ft (I think). Broom handles that screw into each other would be cheaper, somewhat heavier, and not very adjustable.\n

Picked up a backpack frame and a couple of strap belts from Salvation Army for $0.83. Can't beat that! And the aluminum I'm using so far for the GiantPuppet was free.\n\nDid the PuppetMock this weekend, trying to work into some dimensions for the foam patterns. Based on that, I roughly estimate about 22 ft of 24 in x 1 in foam rubber for the head and another 16 ft of same for the hands and feet, for a total of 38 ft. From EBay, 38 ft at $1.99 plus $20 shipping would be a total of about $96.\n\nPolyurethane foam weighs about 1.2 pounds per cubic foot (high density is about 1.9), so that makes the head about 4.4 pounds for just the foam. Hope the paint is light (if the head gets painted)!\n\nMight want to try two automotive hose clamps ringed together to hold the main upright pole on the backpack frame. Use all three crossmembers on the pack frame for strength. Possibly line the clamps with rubber for grip?\n\nThe excuse for doing this project was to walk in the 4th of July parade. My wife said that there is a fee to join the parade, unless somehow we work the GiantPuppet into the Junior Women's Club entry, which they may or may not want to do. Will need to check into the fee and any other requirements through the village. Contact the Park and Recreation Department.\n\nHow do I make the puppet patriotic? Does the parade have a specific theme?

Need an estimate for the material. From the PuppetMock, about 15 yards total for the arms, legs, and tail a yard wide sewn into five 3 yard long tubes makes their diameter just under 1 ft, which is bigger than the diagram. Do I really want them closer to 6 in diameter which would require only 7.5 yards of material?\n\nThe body is a little under 2 yards tall with a yard width on each side, so that makes another 4 yards.\n\nAssuming the 6 in diameter for the limbs, that makes a total of 11.5 yards of material.\n\nMight want to consider at least partially covering the head with the same material, so that would add (at most) roughly 4 yards for a total of 15.5 yards.

Bought a few 3 yard lengths of a few different cheap materials from Walmart last weekend. Got a couple of foam rubber cushions from a rummage this weekend. 4 in thick by 2 ft square. If I can figure a way to split them sheet-wise, it is enough for both the hands and feet of the GiantPuppet.\n\nAlso need to check out Foam Rubber Products, http://www.buyfoam.com\n\nThis guy taught the class where Tony, in the TerriblePhotoGallery, was born on September 23, 1995:\n\nMcKillip, Mark -- Puppeteer/Storyteller\nThe Puppet Arte Troupe\n\nDescription: Mark McKillip is a master puppet artist / storyteller whose humorous, high-energy performances entertain while they educate. He has performed internationally, Off Broadway, and at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York). His current programs include "Peter and the Wolf," "Scenes from Childhood," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," "The Three Little Pigs," and "The Frog Prince."\n\nPerforming Area: Flexible\nRequirements: Two chairs, one six-foot table, electric outlet.\nFee: Negotiable starting at $150, plus mileage; discount for multiple bookings.\nTravel Range: National\n

Here is a reference for hot wire foam cutting:\nhttp://www.dansworkshop.com/Hot%20wire%20foam%20cutting.shtml\n\nAfter reading a few more references, it looks like hot wire cutting is a bad idea for foam rubber. It fouls the wire, gives off lots of toxic fumes, etc. A double blade reciprocating saw is really the preferred tool.

Here is a reference for forming a sphere from a flat rectangle:\nhttp://www.gma.org/surfing/imaging/globe.html\nbut it's not quite right because all the pictures show 12 segments even though the instructions talk about 8.\n\nAnd a couple more references:\nhttp://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/planet_globes/\nMercator did some calculations about optimum segments.\n\nI need to get going on this project if I'm really going to have it for the 4th of July!\n\nA standard foam mattress pad at Walmart is 49 x 72 in at $14.95. I bought 3 pads, which is roughly 36 ft of 2ft width, a little less than my original estimate. 3 pads cost about $45.

Over the weekend, we laid out the patterns for the two globe-shaped foam rubber parts of the GiantPuppet head and cut the foam rubber for those parts. Last night, we glued together the smaller one, and it took more than an hour and probably about 10 glue sticks. It could probably use some reinforcement right at the end where all the gores come together.\n\nWhich brings up the question of exactly how to fasten the two globes together with the most strength for the whole structure, keeping in mind where the gore joins are, etc.\n\nI would like to have the head done this week, including ears and eyes. That still leaves hands and feet, plus all the fabric parts and painting or whatever for coloring.\n\nMailed in the parade registration today, only a couple of months late (it was really due in April).\n\nI need to figure out how I'm going to manage the active versus research parts of this wiki, and especially how that relates to the GiantPuppet project. I want to comb through the active pages and tighten them up a bit, but without totally losing any content. I want to just let the earlier research parts age away without really being deleted.

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This site documents my experience researching, designing, building, and parading a real giant monkey puppet. For the quick version, check out the GiantPuppetGallery.\n\n*SomeBackground\n*GiantPuppetDesign\n*GiantPuppetDimensions\n*GiantPuppetArms\n*GiantPuppetMaterials\n**PuppetFoam\n**PuppetAluminum\n**PuppetFabric\n*GiantPuppetConstruction\n**PuppetMock\n**PuppetFoamConstruction\n**PuppetMock2\n*PuppetMediaCoverage.\n*GiantPuppetGallery\n*PuppetLessonsLearned\n\n<<tag blog>>\n\nI can be contacted for further information on this project by email at dave.faught@gmail.com

The straight pole design for manipulating the arms seems too restrictive to me. It won't allow a big range of motion for the puppet. Maybe a [[Pantograph]] design would work, but how would it actually attach to the arm and body? And would I be strong enough to move it around? It would probably be a good idea to build a scale model of the manipulators just to see how it's going to work.\n\nI don't think that the [[Pantograph]] idea would really work better than just moving the point at which the control sticks attach to the arms. Oh well!\n\nAre the arms stiffened? It kind of looks like it in the picture, but in a traditional puppet, the arms are flexible, at least to a degree (with elbows?), and guided by the control rods attached to the wrists.

My GiantPuppet design should be a monkey. I've toyed with the idea that the puppeteer could be a baby to the puppet adult. Would this work for a monkey? Would I rather wear a baby monkey suit or all black like a traditional puppeteer? On a hot day in July ... Or maybe the puppet should be an organ grinder and the puppeteer a monkey, possibly with a leash?\n\nThe monkey needs a tail attached to the back of the body, or hung from a cable a couple of feet behind the body, maybe S-shaped. I have been thinking in terms of shoe type feet, but a monkey would have another set of hands, right?\n\nMy wife doesn't like the split leg design with the puppeteer being exposed. She thinks that the puppeteer should be one of the legs and somehow do an off-center balancing act. To me, the bow legged appearance of the split leg design fits for a monkey pretty well, but I do see the point about the puppeteer being exposed. I do NOT like the long skirt design with the puppeteer inside the skirt.\n\nMaybe I should consider stilts so that the legs can still be split, but shorter, and the puppeteer can be inside the puppet? After reading some of the comments at the stiltwalker.com site, I think using peg stilts would be a really bad idea.\n\nPutting a couple bundles of 360Q balloons inside the arms and legs might make the joints work better. From T. Meyers, 100 360Q standard balloons is about $9.\n

Some consideration has to be given to not having the puppeteer's head right in the puppet's crotch. From the picture of the GiantPuppet design that I like, the total height of the puppet is 2.8 times the height of the puppeteer. Since I am 6 ft 1 in, that makes the total height of the puppet about 17 ft. My waist is about 3.5 ft off the ground, so the main puppet headpole needs to be about 13.5 ft long.\n\nThe dimensions in this picture were measured in centimeters off the screen to be used in ratios, but they are not too far off if they are taken directly as meters.\n\n[img[puppet measured|images/giantpuppet-tiny_measured.jpg]]\n\nThe PuppetMock has better estimates.\n\nHalf the circumference of a ball with diameter 1 is PI/2 = 1.57. So, to get a ball that is 2 feet across would require the covering for each side to be 3.14 feet wide when flattened out. To make a 3 ft diameter ball would require a piece 4.71 ft across. 3 ft, or the full meter measured in this picture, might actually be better proportioned for this size puppet, especially for a monkey.\n\nWorking this backwards, a 4 ft wide piece (on each side) would make about a 2.5 ft diameter ball. Perfect!\n\nAn 18 in diameter ball would require a flat piece 28 in wide, while a 24 in wide piece would make a 15 in diameter ball.\n

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Here is a simple experiment:\nhttp://users.hubwest.com/hubert/mrscience/pantograph.html\n[img[pantograph|images/pantograph_small.gif]]

Walked to Menards and priced some aluminum tubing for GiantPuppet arm control sticks, etc. The longest they had was 8 foot lengths of 3/4 and 1? inch OD tubing. The 3/4 was $10 and the 1? was $15.\n\nBack at work, Jim T. offered an old Hustler Butterfly antenna to me for free. It has a two 12 foot spans and a couple of shorter pieces. He volunteered to take it apart and bring it to me sometime soon. Woohoo!\n\nJim did come through with this, resulting in the PuppetMock.\n\nLooked again at Menards over the weekend for GiantPuppet parts, and came up with possibly using a pair of light bulb changers for arm control sticks. They are about $15 each, are aluminum, light, and adjustable and extend in 3 sections to 11 ft (I think). Broom handles that screw into each other would be cheaper, somewhat heavier, and not very adjustable. There are also some extensible aluminum handles near the brooms that go up to 14 ft and cost about $25. These handles are a bit stronger and heavier than the light bulb changers.\n\nStill haven't found a single 14 to 16 ft aluminum tube for the main support. The extensible aluminum broom handles are the best candidate so far.\n\nHere is a supplier:\nhttp://www.globaltecheng.com/alutubing.htm?OVRAW=Aluminum%20Tubing&OVKEY=aluminum%20tubing&OVMTC=standard\n1.5" OD, 20 ft length, 16 gauge (.065"), $1.25 per ft\n14 gauge (.083"), $1.40 per foot\nplus any cutting charge and shipping. The shipping for this might be a lot. Another site listed something similar with shipping at $75.\n\nThis one might be a possibility:\nhttp://www.midstal.com/\n\nMight want to try two automotive hose clamps ringed together to hold the main upright pole on the backpack frame. Use all three crossmembers on the pack frame for strength. Possibly line the clamps with rubber for grip?\n

From the PuppetMock, about 15 yards total for the arms, legs, and tail a yard wide sewn into five 3 yard long tubes makes their diameter just under 1 ft, which is bigger than the diagram. Do I really want them closer to 6 in diameter which would require only 7.5 yards of material?\n\nThe body is a little under 2 yards tall with a yard width on each side, so that makes another 4 yards.\n\nAssuming the 6 in diameter for the limbs, that makes a total of 11.5 yards of material.\n\nMight want to consider at least partially covering the head with the same material, so that would add (at most) roughly 4 yards for a total of 15.5 yards.\n\nBought a few 3 yard lengths of a few different $1/yard materials from Walmart. Also should consider using the white fabric from table covering that my wife pointed out.\n

I need to figure out dimension requirements for the head, hands, and feet for foam rubber. I think that 1 inch thickness will work the best. 1/2 inch is probably too flimsy and 2 inch or thicker is just adding weight. Same for the high density foam, it just adds weight.\n\nHere is a reference for foam puppet construction:\n\nhttp://www.nicodemus.org/fursuit/puppet1.php\n\nand some suppliers:\n\nhttp://www.allfoam.com/\nproduct 12870, foam-on-a-roll, polyurethane white 1" by 18" by 36 ft, $68, but min order of $300\n\nhttp://www.knoxfoam.com/?source=overture&kw=foam\n1" by 18" by 72" for $10.87\n\nhttp://stores.ebay.com/Upholstery-Supplies-Warehouse\n1" by 24" per foot $1.99 plus $8.50 shipping for 10 ft\n\nhttp://stores.ebay.com/DIY-Upholstery-Supply\n1" by 24" by 84" for $11.20 plus $9.95 shipping\n\nFrom the PuppetMock, trying to work into some dimensions for the foam patterns. Based on that, I roughly estimate about 22 ft of 24 in x 1 in foam rubber for the head and another 16 ft of same for the hands and feet, for a total of 38 ft. From EBay, 38 ft at $1.99 plus $20 shipping would be a total of about $96.\n\nPolyurethane foam weighs about 1.2 pounds per cubic foot (high density is about 1.9), so that makes the head about 4.4 pounds for just the foam. Hope the paint is light (if the head gets painted)!\n\nA standard foam mattress pad at Walmart is 49 x 72 in at $14.95. I bought 3 pads, which is roughly 36 ft of 2ft width, a little less than my original estimate. 3 pads cost about $45.\n\nI need to make patterns for the head pieces, hands, feet and any other foam parts.\n

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I started planning for this in March. My wife put in a LOT of time sewing. It didn't work out quite like I had planned, but with my kids' help it DID work out. We got lots of positive comments from the crowd and the kids in the crowd seemed to really like it. I also discovered that the parade is a lot more interesting when you're in it instead of watching.\n\nThe holsters for the arm poles gave out before we hardly started. They were handmade from ductape. The somewhat gusty wind was very hard to deal with and kept trying to throw me off balance. The whole thing was heavier than I thought it would be, probably because of all the material. The weight was not the main problem but definitely made it more difficult.\n\nI wanted to try a few high-fives with some of the kids, but we just walked on when the opportunity presented itself. I think that my kids were a little put off by having to help carry the monkey instead of just walking along, but at least they did it. They were very helpful. But I didn't want to push my luck with them, and the parade actually moved along pretty well so there were not a lot of chances to stop.\n\nThere were several dogs along the way that reacted to the monkey, which I was not expecting. Luckily they were all restrained by their owners.\n

There was a nice article about the upcoming parade printed in the local paper which included a phone interview with me about the puppet. I remember being in the airport just returning from a business trip, when the journalist called on my cell phone to do the interview. One of the comments I made was about being inspired by a show done at one of the past Olympic ceremonies.\n\nAfter doing a bit more research, I found that it was the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta with the designs done by Peter Minshall. His site is\nhttp://www.callaloo.co.tt/spectacle/atlanta/index.html

A simple mockup with the aluminum parts I've got to see how proportions and dimensions will work out. The grid squares are 6 in.\n[img[puppetmock|images/Snapshot046.png]] [img[puppetmock|images/Picture2b.JPG]]\n

A partially finished puppet. The aluminum and foam is mostly done and some of the fabric.\n[img[puppetmock2|images/monkey2b.jpg]]\n

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Giant Monkey Puppet

I ==want to try making== ''made'' a giant puppet, similar to the ones at\nhttp://stiltwalker.com/giantpuppets.htm ,\nhttp://www.gis.net/~puppetco/page21.htm and\nhttp://www.hardriveinc.com/parade_designs.htm\nhttp://www.superiorconcept.org/SCMpages/SCM.html\n\n"Stretch", the proprietor of the first site above, suggested searching through http://www.flickr.com for more ideas about "giant puppets".\n\n[img[like this one|images/giantpuppet-tiny_th.jpg]]\n\nI like this split-leg design from the first site above. The second site above has some info on construction and materials, as well as a long skirt design which hides the puppeteer. I wouldn't mind making foam rubber head, hands, and feet, but might end up with papier mache instead because of cost. I have some experience with the foam rubber technique from Tony in the TerriblePhotoGallery.\n\nI have seen designs like this that also had poles from the knees to the knees to move the puppets legs too. That would probably be too much though.\n

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top:0; right:0; margin: 0.5em; padding: 0.5em;\n}\n\n*[id='messageArea'] {\nposition:fixed !important; z-index:99;}\n\n.messageToolbar {\ndisplay: block;\ntext-align: right;\n}\n\n#messageArea a{\n text-decoration: underline;\n}\n/*}}}*/\n/***\n!Popup /%==================================================%/\n***/\n/*{{{*/\n.popup {\n font-size: .9em;\n padding: 0.2em;\n list-style: none;\n margin: 0;\n}\n\n.popup hr {\n display: block;\n height: 1px;\n width: auto;\n padding: 0;\n margin: 0.2em 0em;\n}\n\n.popup li.disabled {\n padding: 0.2em;\n}\n\n.popup li a{\n display: block;\n padding: 0.2em;\n}\n/*}}}*/\n/***\n!Tabs /%==================================================%/\n***/\n/*{{{*/\n.tabset {\n padding: 1em 0em 0em 0.5em;\n}\n\n.tab {\n margin: 0em 0em 0em 0.25em;\n padding: 2px;\n}\n\n.tabContents {\n padding: 0.5em;\n}\n\n.tabContents ul, .tabContents ol {\n margin: 0;\n padding: 0;\n}\n\n.tabContents li {\n list-style: none;\n}\n\n.tabContents li.listLink {\n margin-left: .75em;\n}\n/*}}}*/\n/***\n!Tiddler display rules /%==================================================%/\n***/\n/*{{{*/\n#displayArea {\n margin: 1em 17em 0em 14em;\n}\n\n\n.toolbar {\n text-align: right;\n font-size: .9em;\n visibility: hidden;\n}\n\n.selected .toolbar {\n visibility: visible;\n}\n\n.tiddler {\n padding: 1em 1em 0em 1em;\n}\n\n.missing .viewer,.missing .title {\n font-style: italic;\n}\n\n.title {\n font-size: 1.6em;\n font-weight: bold;\n}\n\n.missing .subtitle {\n display: none;\n}\n\n.subtitle {\n font-size: 1.1em;\n}\n\n/* I'm not a fan of how button looks in tiddlers... */\n.tiddler .button {\n padding: 0.2em 0.4em;\n}\n\n.tagging {\nmargin: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0;\nfloat: left;\ndisplay: none;\n}\n\n.isTag .tagging {\ndisplay: block;\n}\n\n.tagged {\nmargin: 0.5em;\nfloat: right;\n}\n\n.tagging, .tagged {\nfont-size: 0.9em;\npadding: 0.25em;\n}\n\n.tagging ul, .tagged ul {\nlist-style: none;margin: 0.25em;\npadding: 0;\n}\n\n.tagClear {\nclear: both;\n}\n\n.footer {\n font-size: .9em;\n}\n\n.footer li {\ndisplay: inline;\n}\n/***\n''The viewer is where the tiddler content is displayed'' /%------------------------------------------------%/\n***/\n/*{{{*/\n* html .viewer pre {\n width: 99%;\n padding: 0 0 1em 0;\n}\n\n.viewer {\n line-height: 1.4em;\n padding-top: 0.5em;\n}\n\n.viewer .button {\n margin: 0em 0.25em;\n padding: 0em 0.25em;\n}\n\n.viewer blockquote {\n line-height: 1.5em;\n padding-left: 0.8em;\n margin-left: 2.5em;\n}\n\n.viewer ul, .viewer ol{\n margin-left: 0.5em;\n padding-left: 1.5em;\n}\n\n.viewer table {\n border-collapse: collapse;\n margin: 0.8em 1.0em;\n}\n\n.viewer th, .viewer td, .viewer tr,.viewer caption{\n padding: 3px;\n}\n\n.viewer pre {\n padding: 0.5em;\n margin-left: 0.5em;\n font-size: 1.2em;\n line-height: 1.4em;\n overflow: auto;\n}\n\n.viewer code {\n font-size: 1.2em;\n line-height: 1.4em;\n}\n/*}}}*/\n/***\n''The editor replaces the viewer in the tiddler'' /%------------------------------------------------%/\n***/\n/*{{{*/\n.editor {\nfont-size: 1.1em;\n}\n\n.editor input, .editor textarea {\n display: block;\n width: 100%;\n font: inherit;\n}\n\n.editorFooter {\n padding: 0.25em 0em;\n font-size: .9em;\n}\n\n.editorFooter .button {\npadding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px;}\n\n.fieldsetFix {border: 0;\npadding: 0;\nmargin: 1px 0px 1px 0px;\n}\n/*}}}*/\n/***\n!Misc rules /%==================================================%/\n***/\n/*{{{*/\n.sparkline {\n line-height: 1em;\n}\n\n.sparktick {\n outline: 0;\n}\n\n.zoomer {\n font-size: 1.1em;\n position: absolute;\n padding: 1em;\n}\n\n.cascade {\n font-size: 1.1em;\n position: absolute;\n overflow: hidden;\n}\n/*}}}*/

!These are phone-camera pictures of other pictures. No good quality here!\n\nI'm holding Tony, a foam rubber puppet that I made in a class at a local college on September 23, 1995 which was taught by Mark McKillip -- Puppeteer/Storyteller. Tony has hair made from a red feather boa now, but I never did finish his legs. Maybe I made up for that with the GiantPuppet.\n[img[Photo_44b|images/Photo_44b.jpg]]\n