This is how the troll was looking last month - now he has been strung up to see how he moves and I have decided he needs a little more movement in his feet as walking is quite difficult with such short legs and big feet.

 

I will post some more recent photo's soon, and hopefully the short video of him in exploring the herb garden

 I have been a little sidetracked with the construcrion of my Dial O'crock, my first attempt at a hand puppet, and although I have continued work on my troll I didn't find time to update the blog

He was inspired by the dials he wears as a necklace, though may be a clock would have been more suitable.
The control mechanism is based on a pistol - I will add a short video when I learn how

I managed to progress a little with the feet. I love the texture of the surface, but as I want to use this chiseled finish on the beard and eyebrows I will probably soften the effect a little. I also need to find a matreial to use as toe nails/claws - probably copper.

PUPPET CHALLENGE

I was recently accepted onto Clive Hicks-Jenkins Puppet Callenge. I am really excited about this puppet challenge, although I made several puppets in the past I needed something to get me moving again.

My character is the troll from "The three billy-goats gruff", which I really loved as a child but never found the illustrations in the fairy tale books quite as I saw him.

( I am still trying to find out how to edit this and correct my spelling mistakes)