10. Getting to know the materials

Here is a small selection of various materials that can be used to build a puppet. You may gently touch the materials to feel their characteristics.

Bodies

1. Fabric
2. Leather
3. Burlap
4. Papier mâché head
5. Silicone fragments of a face
6. Flex foam hands
7. Hands made of two-component foam covered with kraft paper
8. Hands made of two-component plastic
9. Feet made of puttied and primed papier mâché
10. Feet made of two-component foam

Eyes

11. Wood
12. Plastic stone
13. Buttons
14. Plastic
15. 3D printed ears
16. 3D printed ears covered with kraft paper

Teeth

17. PVC
18. Plastic

Hair

19. Various strings
20. Synthetic wig
21. Nylon thread
22. Lama hair
23. Feather boa
24. Yarn
25. Textile

A slanted table about 80 cm tall and 180 cm wide, with an upright stand 160 cm tall behind it.

Various puppet materials are attached to the table. To the left of each material sample are tactile numbers.

In the lower right corner of the table are the exhibit number, the NFC symbol and a QR code — scanning it lets you experience the exhibition in an accessible way.

In the upper right corner of the table are four openings, from left to right, holding tactile cards with the materials of the table.

The materials are:

Bodies

1. Fabric
2. Leather
3. Burlap
4. Papier mâché head
5. Silicone fragments of a face
6. Flex foam hands
7. Hands made of two-component foam covered with kraft paper
8. Hands made of two-component plastic
9. Feet made of puttied and primed papier mâché
10. Feet made of two-component foam

Eyes

11. Wood
12. Plastic stone
13. Buttons
14. Plastic
15. 3D printed ears
16. 3D printed ears covered with kraft paper

Teeth

17. PVC
18. Plastic

Hair

19. Various strings
20. Synthetic wig
21. Nylon thread
22. Lama hair
23. Feather boa
24. Yarn
25. Textile

Puppet materials

Puppets can be made from these things.
Touch them gently.