Puppet from Trash | Telugu |
Channel: Arvind Gupta
Date: 2014-12-31

This moving, walking, clapping marionette puppet can be made of scrap materials. There are two sticks at right angles embedded in an old ball. There are five strings attached to the sticks – one to the Puppet, two to the hands and two to the feet. The feet are made with matchboxes filled with sand to make them heavy. The hands are made of bottle lids filled with sand and taped together. The sand makes the lids heavy and the hands can clap and say a Namaste. By manipulating the strings with your fingers you can control the movements of the puppet – make it walk, clap hands etc. This work was supported by IUCAA and Tata Trust. This film was made by Ashok Rupner TATA Trust: Education is one of the key focus areas for Tata Trusts, aiming towards enabling access of quality education to the underprivileged population in India. To facilitate quality in teaching and learning of Science education through workshops, capacity building and resource creation, Tata Trusts have been supporting Muktangan Vigyan Shodhika (MVS), IUCAA's Children’s Science Centre, since inception. To know more about other initiatives of Tata Trusts, please visit www.tatatrusts.org