Little Shop of Horrors Audrey II Puppets

Projects

Little Shop of Horrors
Audrey II Puppets

Quick Description

After posting pictures of the Stay Puft Costume to Twitter, I was found and contacted by Alicia Dempster (Director) who asked if I knew how to/would be interested in designing & constructing the Audrey II puppets for a production of Little Shop of Horrors going up at the Brookfield Theatre for the Arts in November of 2009. Of course I jumped at the opportunity and quickly began the early stage design work. While waiting for my contract to come through, I did a little Photoshop practice & created a test logo for the musical. Once all the paperwork was set, I requested a copy of the ground plans, but since none was available, I took measurements of the stage area and created a quick 3D model. The idea is for the carnivorous Audrey II plant to go through four stages of growth each labeled Pods #1-#4 respectively. Previous to starting this project, I had had an idea for a new design process for turning digital 3D models into full sized real life models, & this seemed like the perfect opportunity to test it out. In the end, the design process worked like a dream, and the show was successful, but because of scheduling issues, I was not given the opportunity to finish much of Pod #4, some of Pod #3, detailing work on Pod #2, nor anything but the shapes for the finale flowers. The direction I was taking with the puppets is quite visible in the pictures below, though the addition of vines, leaves, more coloring, and the rest of the final detailing would have definitely taken things to a whole different level...

Please Note:

I do not rent Audrey II puppets. I do however still have & retain the rights to the designs for the puppets.

Press

"High praise" for my "talking, noshing"
Audrey II Puppet Design
News Times (11-11-09):
"Brookfield 'Shop of Horrors' daffy but fun"

"I'm so lucky to have found Kyle & on Twitter of all places. Kyle is so talented, and we're so fortunate to have found him. He's done a phenomenal job."
- Alicia Dempster (Director)
The Housatonic Times (11-06-09): "Feed Me!"