Our first body movement tests are underway as we experiment with the 3D printed fabric, and adding feathers! This fabric will comform to the body of the puppet while giving unique movements to the feathers we attach! Stay tuned for more photos as we develop this idea :)

Our wonderful partners are working remotely and making great progress on the Dodo prototype! Clare from Broken Puppet Co had this to say: 'Some basic prototyping progress on our first live action animatronic puppet today...it'll be mountable on shoulder rigs as well as on various accessible set pieces...including mobility scooters and wheel chairs! :) Thanks to our Kinetics Project partners Furrifingers for the 3D test head."

Our first design and prototype was an animatronic Dodo, with a camera within the eyes to help the performer gauge the audience's reaction and engagement. This puppet had to be lightweight so that it can be mounted on the shoulder of the performer, and be quickly removed. It also needs to have the ability to be mounted on a wheelchair. Our first step in designing this puppet was to take the sketches provided by Broken Puppet Co. and turning them...

FurriFingers is partnering with the wonderful team at Broken Puppet Co for a very special research project called Kinetics Kinetics is an incredibly exciting and groundbreaking collaborative project which is aimed for creating an all inclusive and accessible puppetry technology designed for professional and emerging disabled artists. Together as a team we will be researching and developing new technologies using animatronics to help create more accessible ways to perform with puppets. This technology will include voice activated animatronics, lightweight puppetry...