project updates lizziewatts@live.comTumblr (3.0; @lizziewatts)http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/<p>Finished nose</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/b400223bf0de862d01bb9df3d5925faa/tumblr_inline_mn5alqz8GS1qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50982128984http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50982128984Tue, 21 May 2013 07:01:22 -0400<p>Illy found an old umbrella, I made it into a tree</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/41b029ccb0ecb4343555d427a380ed15/tumblr_inline_mmubifRyes1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/3a662383093f6b7d66d47a2ba434fcb3/tumblr_inline_mmublvBzDt1qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50493343188http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50493343188Wed, 15 May 2013 08:57:13 -0400<p>Lots of late nights cutting out letters for the shadow puppet piece&#8230;</p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/33fffd432f789baf60f60266e737c6f2/tumblr_inline_mmu9zxZETW1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/f1b2749774dc97c835984f1331781742/tumblr_inline_mmua2jQTgS1qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50491891900http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50491891900Wed, 15 May 2013 08:17:00 -0400<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/c6bc5fa13513ff4cf1e98f5b9a5f3050/tumblr_inline_mmu965UIM01qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/ae966abe367da0ad7780e3ad7a02a518/tumblr_inline_mmu97nb7Io1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p>I&#8217;ll try and get a photo of someone wearing it now it&#8217;s painted&#8230;</p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50491273777http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50491273777Wed, 15 May 2013 08:00:19 -0400<p>First silhouette tests&#8230;</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/295018f4e65336c5b10aa1a6ed35fc5b/tumblr_inline_mmu8rmDgVW1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/1ce5f0947e928e490416f61d365f2fe7/tumblr_inline_mmu8x5Aa5G1qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50491002083http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50491002083Wed, 15 May 2013 07:52:17 -0400<p>All these weird props, including the corpse mask were for &#8216;Good Intentions&#8217;, the first show from <a href="http://thimbletheatre.wordpress.com/">Thimble Theatre</a> (the company me and Maia run.) we prepared two pieces, &#8216;Teig O&#8217;Kane and the Corpse&#8217; - physical theatre, comedy and puppets and &#8216;The Wild Swans&#8217; - traditional story told through shadow puppets and silhouette with a live improvised soundtrack.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/22d6902e21644ad4727d0ca9f41b9138/tumblr_inline_mmu7yuwK3z1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6c3ef50e6909994cb54ddb6c9f338034/tumblr_inline_mmu83m6uom1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/bfb14a535a65b35131739fa117e483db/tumblr_inline_mmu88kBu3o1qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50490782465http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50490782465Wed, 15 May 2013 07:45:49 -0400<p>I did some scenic painting for Will Adamsdale&#8217;s new show which is just starting a run at the Royal Court. It&#8217;s brilliant, you should go, book tickets <a href="http://www.fueltheatre.com/projects/the-victorian-in-the-wall">here</a>.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/334791fa7912b81e8ed8995991b3f8f6/tumblr_inline_mmu7gdC90D1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/9c8b3e2a689bf7a8e2e8f9c45f3baf84/tumblr_inline_mmu7ilcwzm1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/81faa1027c72ce5bf3a4d4a1e5645208/tumblr_inline_mmu7kbJxrf1qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50490125556http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50490125556Wed, 15 May 2013 07:26:26 -0400<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/0119ca6eb2c21a9e2a24a95156414dda/tumblr_inline_mmsxddfKac1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/a3c4dac00d72fe4fa840aca851313845/tumblr_inline_mmsxfkWoxX1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/b2ea2044f67d963365a2a70caee9edaf/tumblr_inline_mmsxktIUL71qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/eca7017ce64b4510002313ae11e8600c/tumblr_inline_mmsxr0IiyK1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/3f1fa2f6676eb2b5ea6a9adf78da7280/tumblr_inline_mmsxta62R11qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/f5ef6f22fd8290505b1c43df43291544/tumblr_inline_mmsxv1qsSw1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/699ef163d0fb1a307845cb1d5ea16a38/tumblr_inline_mmsxxgixv81qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p>In rehearsals&#8230;</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/46139c1ddd1d56a8e6db6d9965a06e53/tumblr_inline_mmsxzkoqx31qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50434726834http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50434726834Tue, 14 May 2013 14:58:04 -0400<div> <p>One of the things I&#8217;ve been doing in the middle of bigger projects - carving a chess set&#8230;</p> <div><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fded160a950e77fa32fe76f39df2dadc/tumblr_inline_mmswpsT10j1qlawvy.jpg"/></div> </div>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50433188966http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50433188966Tue, 14 May 2013 14:31:56 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/64628432" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>‘Hide and Seek’</p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50420159640http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50420159640Tue, 14 May 2013 10:11:14 -0400<p>I ran some mask making workshops for &#8216;Hide and Seek&#8217; an Arts Council funded residential week for young people organised by <a href="http://shootingroots.org/">Shooting Roots</a> in collaboration with <a href="http://www.halswaymanor.org.uk/">Halsway Manor</a>. </p> <p>I&#8217;m going to try and upload a video, which does a much better job of explaining this project&#8230;</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/fcfb3d0612d4136b06f3492d6a15acda/tumblr_inline_mmsk4ysGm71qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/de4036b04da42544c61f78dc25c22c97/tumblr_inline_mmsk5ynBqW1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/1d208495f0fde1ab6f39395fe7c59967/tumblr_inline_mmsk7l573X1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6d5eab1aaf07d0bb6dbbeeacc1832d22/tumblr_inline_mmsk8o7jTo1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/66799cd69622158e11d82e4b4836180c/tumblr_inline_mmsk9cEkzW1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/a27821327acb929d744ba6c11ca1ce3c/tumblr_inline_mmsk9rCO3x1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/9641039b7abcf7737574d67fc1b648c8/tumblr_inline_mmskaiuNss1qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50420109205http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50420109205Tue, 14 May 2013 10:10:01 -0400<p>Right then&#8230;tumblr informs me it&#8217;s been 5 months since I posted anything. </p> <p>Sorry.</p> <p>To the 5 people that read my blog - prepare yourself for ALL THE POSTS.</p> <p>Firstly I finished the Christmas Tree stilt walker and the two free runner costumes, but in the madness that was that couple of weeks I failed to record that project&#8230;at all&#8230;.so you&#8217;ll just have to use your imagination I&#8217;m afraid.</p> <p>Around this time I was also commuting between London and Bristol doing different projects and I think there was another house move in there somewhere&#8230;and an arts council application&#8230;</p> <p>Then me and Maia went to BETT, to help <a href="http://www.nightzookeeper.com/">Night Zookeeper</a> with Kids Meet, where groups of school children gave presentations on the use of technology in their schools. Mostly they proved how much more they knew about ipads than us&#8230;it was a bit embarrassing.</p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/2fe376ae21938f2f1537cc972e0dd22d/tumblr_inline_mmsj4pqnJ11qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/e20600617ed61325514e67cc586791f1/tumblr_inline_mmsj5ffSz71qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p>Also we did a lot of running around and being silly in the masks I made. </p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/569f129829b6362b8bddc539706c7fde/tumblr_inline_mmsj62zxDA1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/c3ae7bd64e6bc1d922db885dfd02ae03/tumblr_inline_mmsj6pSQ9l1qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50419230450http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/50419230450Tue, 14 May 2013 09:49:00 -0400<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/lizziewatts/37400191466/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_37400191466" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="227" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/37400191466http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/37400191466Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:54:22 -0500<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meme45uvqH1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meme6fp5hI1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meme4tMRwo1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p>This is Maia. She&#8217;s letting me live in her room and make lots of mess while I&#8217;m between homes&#8230;.today we took a break to workshop some of the puppets&#8230;so much fun.</p> <p>Right, back to work! There&#8217;s a rollerblading snowman costume that&#8217;s got my name on it&#8230;</p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/37341150528http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/37341150528Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:54:22 -0500<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_memdbi1dKB1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_memdb29HrV1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_memdab852y1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_memd9j7T3k1qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/37339488494http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/37339488494Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:19:06 -0500<p>One year on - he&#8217;s finally finished!</p> <p>Just got to play with some movement mechanisms now&#8230;but not until all this other work is done&#8230;</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mekhuaZK4I1qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/37266968978http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/37266968978Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:05:19 -0500<p>Yo! The wonderful <a href="http://ninjobo.blogspot.co.uk/">Jo Bowes</a> updated her blog recently, which made me feel sufficiently guilty enough to throw a post together.  </p> <p>Despite the lack of updates, I&#8217;ve been busy busy making some masks and costume bits for <a href="http://www.nightzookeeper.com/">Night Zoo Keeper</a>  and <a href="http://www.theplaypeople.com/">The Play People</a>&#8230;.and moving house, just to add to the chaos. </p> <p>Here&#8217;s mask 1 of 4 - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWtJnf0ZMkc">Spying Giraffe</a></p> <p>(more coming soon&#8230;promise..)</p> <p> <img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meepopFCrc1qlawvy.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meepvwBp3C1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meeq5fwf3Z1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meeq682Umc1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p>Initial drawings? Is that an interesting thing..?</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meerb6NU2U1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span></span></span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br/></span></span></span></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/37030244807http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/37030244807Sun, 02 Dec 2012 09:21:00 -0500<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94dxludPr1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94eb0zskc1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p>aaaaaaannnndddd here are some progress photos&#8230;.</p> <p>Sketches</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94f4i5srU1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p>Tooling</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94f7ukHxa1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p>After the dye&#8230;</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94farCVaF1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p>Shaping</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94feaMYQD1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p>Stitching </p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94firHRID1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94flhg0fQ1qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/29914320447http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/29914320447Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:04:34 -0400<p>Leather mask, acrylic paint.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6j3ncDdR81qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6j3noMzeg1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6j3o7JgUh1qlawvy.jpg"/></p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/26339299697http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/26339299697Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:28:22 -0400<p>I&#8217;ve been doing some set painting for <a href="http://www.fueltheatre.com/home">Fuel Theatre</a> and <a href="http://inuaellams.com/">Inua Ellams</a> on their production of Knight Watch. Click <a href="http://www.fueltheatre.com/projects/knight-watch">here</a> for show dates!</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6j1vdEbR71qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6j1voMmcI1qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6j1vyqfs31qlawvy.jpg"/></p> <p>Production images: Sheila Burnett and Inua Ellams</p>http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/26338705784http://lizziewatts.tumblr.com/post/26338705784Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:01:43 -0400