Making Shadow Play Leather Puppets

The shadow play or leather silhouette play is a type of drama, which has its roots in China.

Shadow puppets are made of leather instead of wood for the simple reason that leather is much lighter, easier to manipulate and carry around. The trunk, head and limbs of a puppet are separately carved but joined together by thread to be manipulated. The leather puppets are painted with various colors to show their different qualities, kind or wicked, beautiful or ugly.

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[galleriapangea]

the artist uses cow hide. he uses a knife to make shave the hide to really thin pieces to get the transparency

[kyonku]

Can you craft costume puppets?

[galleriapangea]

yes

[galleriapangea]

thanks for the comment.

[blackriver81]

很美。。赞！！

[ArtLab77]

waoooo !!!

[simplekaty]

Wow, your puppets are beautiful! What kind of leather do you use, and how do you achieve the different levels of transparancy?

[aanii]

Very impressive. I bought one while in Thailand for my mother and she framed it and hung it on her wall. Some of these are soooo beautiful.

[sspuppets]

Very informative, You have a great talent. I would like to see the finhed product and how it is used. You have many skilled artist working there. Hope to see more video will vist website as well.

SS Puppets

[ivenwe]

good work, it might be look better if a little brighten