4. Mõhk

rod puppet
Bumpy (2004)
director Andres Dvinjaninov, designer Riina Degtjarenko

For a puppet to appear alive on the stage, something sparkling is added to its eyes. That way the puppet's eyes catch the stage light. The eyes of this ogre are made of decorative stones.

A rectangular display case about 180 cm tall with a slanted top. Two sides of the case are black; one of them carries the white text introducing the exhibit. On the right edge of the same side, about 80 cm from the floor, are the exhibit number, the NFC symbol and a QR code — scanning it lets you experience the exhibition in an accessible way.

The other two sides of the case are glass, and the puppet can be seen through them. Depicted on one glass side is the X-ray image of the puppet inside the case, together with keywords naming the materials the puppet is made of.

Mõhk

rod puppet
Bumpy (2004)
director Andres Dvinjaninov, designer Riina Degtjarenko

For a puppet to appear alive on the stage, something sparkling is added to its eyes. That way the puppet's eyes catch the stage light. The eyes of this ogre are made of decorative stones.

Mõhk is an ogre about 90 cm tall, standing upright. He has bright orange hair and eyebrows, similar to sample number 25 on the materials table. He has big upright ears and bluish horns on his head.

On his forehead and left cheek are two wart-like growths. His greyish face, with wide nostrils and a long blunt-tipped nose, is covered with tricot fabric — you can find a sample on the materials table, at number 1. The puppet's bright orange sparkling eyes are made of stones, on the materials table at number 12.

Mõhk's mouth is wide, with orange lips.

The puppet wears a grey faux fur coat. The coat has some orange feather boas, and blue ones as nails at the tips of his spread white fingers — you can find them on the materials table, at number 23.

The puppet's arms are raised, with control rods attached to the hands.

The ogre's X-ray image shows his upper body in side view. In the puppet's head, turned to the right, the nose, mouth, eyes and foam plastic horns are faintly visible. Inside the head, the most prominent feature is a long aluminium tube curving from the forehead to the back of the head and down to the lower back, with the puppet's plywood shoulders attached to it with a washer. Plywood can be found on the large demonstration puppet at number 3. The puppet's fingers show as curved white strokes, with control rods attached to the hands.

At the lower end of the aluminium tube is a curved trigger bent from wire.

You can find a tactile drawing of the puppet's X-ray image at exhibit 12, the light table.

Mõhk
rod puppet
Bumpy (2004)
director Andres Dvinjaninov, designer Riina Degtjarenko

The puppet looks alive,
because its eyes shine in the light.
This forest ogre has shiny little stones in its eyes.