As 2021 comes to a close, I look back on the year and realize that it was another good year for me.Things were busy, as usual, and I probably overextended myself, as usual, but on the whole I am happy with the way it turned out.
I see that I last posted in May. Well, between gardening, puppet-building, work, a felted doll class, more puppet-building, visiting family, puppets, two additional classes taken in the fall (what was I thinking?), puppets and the lead-up to Christmas, this blog just simply fell by the wayside.
Since Willow and the Steller's Jay were made, three more puppets have been added to the family.
Meet Ezra, a rod puppet:
Pippi, a simple marionette:
And an as-yet-to-be-named geodesic puppet that glows in the dark:
I've fallen further behind in the Academy, but Bernd Ogrodnik, the instructor, is wonderful and is allowing us a year beyond the release of the final lesson to work on the remaining puppets (3 more, for me). Pippi was the September puppet. I skipped over June's lesson and have now gone back to it. So far, the legs are done:
This puppet journey has been amazing so far, and I look forward to continuing it past the end of the course. I have found so much joy - yes, joy - in creating these characters; possibly more than I have found in any other creative endeavour before this.
I look forward to continuing this journey and seeing where it takes me. Happy New Year, Everyone, and may you find joy in the things you do!
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