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Dancing Shadows on My Heads (Shadow Mask and Headdress Workshop)

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Date & Time

4 Jan - 28 Feb, 2021

Location

Online

Price

Free of charge

General

Curated by
Chen Ying Ching

We all remember a time when our hands are our best playmate – with light and shadow, we can bring imagination to life on the wall. Using simple household tools and materials, you can now create a shadow play at home and invite everyone in the family to play a role.

Inspired by Pablo Picasso's line drawings, you will learn to create your own shadow mask and headdress in this workshop. With the use of light and shadow, you will be able to create magical images and short performance.

It is time to reimagine what you have in the house with these artists and let your imagination run wild!

Workshop Facilitator and Performer
Chen Ying Ching

Workshop Assistants and Performers
Ko Ki Yan, Yip Wai Bun

Language
Chinese

Materials

  • 3mm-5mm aluminum alloy wire (can be found in some art supply stores)
  • PP plate sheets
  • EVA foam strap or book strap

Tools

  • Cutter
  • Cable tie

Lighting Tools

  • Torch, table lamp, etc.

Required Time
About 30 mins

Remark

  • Recommended for all ages

  • Children should be supervised by adult when making puppet

Step

There are many interesting silhouettes in our daily lives. Cubist painter Picasso was one of the masters of constructing an image with simple lines and forms. Now let’s delve into his mind and create a headdress with simple lines.

There are many interesting silhouettes in our daily lives. Cubist painter Picasso was one of the masters of constructing an image with simple lines and forms. Now let’s delve into his mind and create a headdress with simple lines.

Step 1: Create your character by drawing an initial sketch of a puppet. You may refer to different books, images or objects for reference.

Step 1: Create your character by drawing an initial sketch of a puppet. You may refer to different books, images or objects for reference.

Step 2: Twist the aluminum alloy wire by following the outline of the sketch.

Step 2: Twist the aluminum alloy wire by following the outline of the sketch.

Step 3: Fix the wire puppet onto the PP plate sheets by piercing the wire into the side of the PP plate sheets.

Step 3: Fix the wire puppet onto the PP plate sheets by piercing the wire into the side of the PP plate sheets.

Step 3: Fix the wire puppet onto the PP plate sheets by piercing the wire into the side of the PP plate sheets.

Step 3: Fix the wire puppet onto the PP plate sheets by piercing the wire into the side of the PP plate sheets.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 4: Fix the EVA foam strap or book strap onto the PP plate with cable tie to form a headgear.

Step 5: Finish.

Step 5: Finish.

Cast shadow of the puppets with torch, phone torch or table lamp on a white or light coloured background (wall / table cloth). Keep exploring the different shapes, colours of light, size of the shadows, etc. and ready to stage your play.

Cast shadow of the puppets with torch, phone torch or table lamp on a white or light coloured background (wall / table cloth). Keep exploring the different shapes, colours of light, size of the shadows, etc. and ready to stage your play.

Cast shadow of the puppets with torch, phone torch or table lamp on a white or light coloured background (wall / table cloth). Keep exploring the different shapes, colours of light, size of the shadows, etc. and ready to stage your play.

Cast shadow of the puppets with torch, phone torch or table lamp on a white or light coloured background (wall / table cloth). Keep exploring the different shapes, colours of light, size of the shadows, etc. and ready to stage your play.

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Biography

Chen Ying Ching
Ko Ki Yan
Yip Wai Bun

Professional puppeteer from Taiwan, Chen followed Hoshikawa Yoshio and Nishikawa Koryu Troupe to study traditional Japanese puppetry and Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo respectively from 1996-99. She then moved to Hong Kong and co-founded Fantasy Puppet later in 2005. Her creations include The Sleeping Gypsy, Fantasy at an Exhibition, The World Behind the Shadow, Blessing of the Banyan Tree, Season of the Sweet Gum, Fruit Story, Happy Days Toy Shop, Hairy the Little Macaque, Show Me Once, Let Me Free, Fruit Story 3, etc.

She was also frequently invited and commissioned by different organisations including Standard Chartered Arts in the Park, Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau and The Charles K. Kao Foundation, and participates in various theatre productions. She recently created an online video programme Light Comes In for WeWeWebWeb Carnival organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

Freelance actress and theatre teacher, Ko graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Acting Major, with a BFA(Hons) degree in 2015. She then joined the Theatre Horizon as one-year trainee actress in 2017. In 2020, she co-founded Nobodies Theatre with her friends.

Recent engagements include Prison Holiday and Lu-Ting The Merman (2018 Edinburgh Fringe and Tai-Nan International Human Right Festival Version), Luting : Goodbye History, Hello Future, Requiem, Ten Bulls - In Search of Hidden Treasures, Drug, Century-old Dreams of A Fishing Harbour Episode III The Awakening, The Just Assassins, Faustus, Beyond the Horizon, The Black and the Blue of A Man, Century-old Dreams of a Fishing Harbour - Episode II. Nightmares, The Garden Party, Seek and Hide by Theatre Horizon; Let’s Talk About Tai O by ProjectTaiO; Mid-Night Angel by Poor Guy Diary and Killing Time by K.O the Box.

Children art education practitioner, Yip used to use doll puppet and shadow puppet to enrich his art classes and were well received by the children, since then he is passionate about puppetry. He co-founded Fantasy Puppet in 2005 and became the director of the troupe. His creations include The Sleeping Gypsy, Blessing of the Banyan Tree, Fantasy at an Exhibition, Season of the Sweet Gum, Fruit Story, Fruit Story 2, Hairy the Little Macaque, Let Me Free, Hong Kong International Arts Carnival: Happy Days Toy Shop (2012) and Show Me Once (2014). His recent works include Fruit Story 3 (2019).

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