This is a recording of the Jabberwocky shadow puppet performance that we performed at Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff, on the 2 March 2013. Jabberwocky is a nonsense-verse poem that was written by Lewis Carroll.
The puppets were made by myself, Layla Holzer and Rachel Gibson and the audio was taken from Jan Swankmajer’s Jabberwocky.
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This recording is of the Punch and Judy puppet show I performed with Layla Holzer at Milkwood Gallery on the 2 March 2013.
The puppets were made by myself and Layla whilst the characters were voiced by Peter Hathaway (Punch) and Amelia Johnstone (others).
The evening was a great hit and we had a packed out audience at the gallery. We also performed a shadow puppet play of Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky which I’ll also post up here for you to watch soon.
The Once Upon Again exhibition at Milkwood Gallery continues until the 9 March.
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This little sound bite is our Punch & Judy Devil. The part is being performed by Amelia Johnstone for our Punch & Judy puppet show at Milkwood Gallery on Saturday 2 March.
In addition to the Devil the performance will include other traditional Punch & Judy characters such as the Doctor, crocodile, hangman and Joey the Clown.
Join us at Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff, from 6.00pm on Saturday 2 March to view our performance.
For more information visit www.packofwolves.org
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This is a little teaser ahead of the Pack of Wolves Punch & Judy performance at Milkwood Gallery on Saturday 2 March 2013.
The show will be performed in the tradition of the classic Punch & Judy performances of old. The various episodes of the show will provoke shocked laughter and will be dominated by the anarchic clowning of Mr. Punch.
Milkwood Gallery will be open from 6.00pm on Saturday the 2 March 2013 with the Punch & Judy show and a Jabberwocky shadow puppet show being performed at approximately 7.00pm.
The ‘Once Upon Again’ exhibition continues until the 9 March 2013.
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This star sailor sampler is a a little test piece that I worked on with fairy tale illustrator Layla Holzer with a view to undertaking some collaborative work. The piece is inspired by a fairy tale that Layla wrote.
Layla has painted the scene out in gouache on linen. I’ve then embellished the painting with embroidered elements such as the moon and stars as well as the text.
Although it needs a little refinement I think we’re both happy with the outcome of this test piece.
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Another teaser from the collaborative sculptures I’ve been working on with Layla Holzer inspired by the tales of the Brother’s Grimm. This is a nightingale from the tale of Jorinda and Joringel.
We’ll be installing the work at St Donats Art Centre this week; the exhibition will run from the 6 June until the 1 July.
Click here for more information.
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It occurred to us that we are asking the lovely people of Cardiff to contribute to ProjectCardiff by nominating the city’s creative ambassadors but that we have not yet offered the prospect of anything in return.
We would like to redress the balance slightly and so we will be offering one lucky contributor the opportunity to have their portrait taken by the ProjectCardiff’s fabulous photographer Lann Niziblian. By nominating your creative hero(es) your name will be entered into a draw from which one lucky contributor will be selected to become Portrait #00 in the ProjectCardiff 2012 series.
To get involved visit www.projectcardiff.com and tell us who inspires you.
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St Donat’s Arts Centre Gallery presents ‘To the Woods to the Woods’ an exhibition of fairytale work celebrating 200 year of the Brothers Grimm to coincide with the Beyond the Border Storytelling Festival at the end of June.
Curated by Spike Dennis; with work from 2nd year BA (Hons) Illustration Students from Cardiff School of Art & Design; Layla Holzer, Alice Eades and Jade Fisher, and featuring collaborations from Layla and Spike, Alice and Jade this exhibition explores some of the more gruesome themes of Grimm with an Angela Carter twist.
The extraordinary egg like puppets with concealed and revealing stomachs are bewitching, Layla Holzer’s interpretations of fairytales from The Pied Piper to Little Red Riding Hood bring a disturbing unnerving tingle down the spine, whilst Alice and Jade’s twelve dancing Princesses take you through their trap door to the enchanted world where each night they wear out their slippers.
The festival at the end of June will also feature live drawing projects coordinated by Dan Peterson documenting the tellers and their tales and the reactions of their audiences.
6 June 2012 – 1 July 2012
10:00am – 4:00pm Monday to Friday
(Open at other times during performances)
St Donat’s Castle Art Centre
Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan
CF61 1WF
Alice Eades
Jade Fisher
Layla Holzer: www.laylaholzer.co.uk
Spike Dennis: www.spikeworld.co.uk
Poster by Layla Holzer and Dan Peterson
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This is Little Red’s wolf beautifully painted by Layla for the Fairy Tale exhibition that will open at St Donat’s Art Centre in the Vale of Glamorgan next week.
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We had another productive weekend this week working on our pieces for the fairytale exhibition next month. We didn’t get all the work done that we’d have liked to as we were awaiting the delivery of some materials but we still made good progress. Two of our characters, Little Red and Joringel were adorned with nice full heads of raven black hair as you can see above.
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