props: 2 Words For Snow 2003 Dogsled (Komatik) wood, hand cut rawhide strips, leather, oil 7’ long. Oil Lamp (Kudlik) hand carved soapstone, oil, cotton wick. 12’ x 6” x 8”. 2003. built in the Inuit style, with gratitude for feedback and direction from Lucie Idlout. 2 Words for Snow: Set in 1935, with flashbacks [...]
swan: Weather wire armature, spring steel, foam, stuffing, polymer clay, taxidermy eyes, textiles, fake furs, dyes. 24” x 12” x 24” 2003 swan puppet for a quirky one-woman show that follows the emotional progress of a television weather woman through the course of a Canadian winter, from perky to despondent. Swan’s movements controlled in real [...]
electric skateboards : Exquisite Corpse aluminum plate, sewing machine pedals, wheelchair motors, batteries, bearings, wheels, electronics. 2 boards, 30” x 18” x 8”. Built in collaboration with Jim Ruxton. 1997 Motorized skateboards commissioned by dance company Dogs in Space for Exquisite Corpse, which premiered at Harbourfront Centre. Steering and speed were foot controlled, making movement [...]
sideways circus wood, metal, wire, textiles, paint; actuators & mechanics sourced from thrift store toys, electronics by Rob Cruickshank. Circus ring approximately 4’ x 3’ oval. Figures approximately 5” tall 2006 Commissioned by Sally McKay for Digifest 06 Mods & Rockers as a collaboration between Rob Cruickshank and myself. The concept was to reveal repurposed [...]
stop motion puppets: Rhinoceros Eyes metal and polypropylene armatures, hardware, wire, glue, taxidermy eyes, wig, many thousands of plastic, metal and wood found objects scavenged from thrift stores, garage sales and alleyways. Face, Fetus, Baby, Young Man, Adult. Dimensions variable; adult puppet stands 6 feet tall. 2003 Commissioned series of puppets meant to increasingly resemble [...]
stop motion puppets: Frip & Fro wire armatures, polymer clay, foam, stuffing, rubber latex, taxidermy eyes, textiles, leather. Each character 18’ tall. 1999 Commissioned pair of surrealist stop motion puppets, along with various props, for the stop motion animated short Downpour. Director: Aaron Woodley, Paulus Productions. I also animated one of the 2 characters.
radio controlled pig; Variété metal and polypropylene armature, hardware, mechanics, hard foam, stuffing, textile skin, paints, taxidermy glass eyes, fake eyelashes, glue, servo motors, batteries, wireless transmitter, radio controller. 4’ x 3’ x 1’, poseable. 2004 Movements of tail, head, neck, mouth and ears are radio controlled. During performances I would (casually) sit in the [...]
set design: Carnaval 2007 Set design & props for Carnaval, written by Mitch Miyagawa, co-presented by Gwaandak Theatre and Nakai Theatre. The innovative play was performed outdoors in the yard of Raven Recycling; the set itself was built by stacking compressed bales of paper, cardboard, wax cartons, and plastic bottles, which had a strange beauty [...]
stop motion puppets: Bed & Breakfast wire armatures, stuffing, polymer clay, rubber latex, fur, hot glue, fabric, actual iguana pelt, sequins, balloon, onions, taxidermy glass eyes, paints & dyes. Toad stands 18’ tall. 1998 Hawk-fish, Mole, Blowfish with Onion Eyes, Bird with shoes, Lizard, Doll, Toad. Commissioned series of surrealist stop motion animation puppets designed [...]
stop motion puppets & sets: Ahou Bouken wire, plastic, foam, rubber latex, glue, cardboard, springs, found objects, paint. Robot character 12” tall 2001 built the puppets & sets; animated one of the 2 characters. Director : Paul Walker music: Bogdan Raczynski.
