TUNISIAN BEAUTY
Created,
designed, and built by Nikolai Zykov in 1994.
Puppet form: short string marionette. Height: 102 cm / 40 in. Materials: papier-mache, foam plastic, foam rubber, wood, metal wire, fabric, foil, glass furniture. First presentation - September 1, 1994, Zvezda Concert Hall , Narofominsk, Russia. Tunisian beauty is a very difficult puppet vignette with real illusion of appearing of real water and opening flowers. The puppet has moving side to side eyes and breathing chest. |
Step 1: dance of the puppet with a jag on her head.
Step 2: the Beauty tries to water flowers, but the jag is empty.
Step 3: the Beauty goes to the spring to take water (pantomime).
Step 4: the Beauty waters the flowers with real water.
Step 5: the flowers come out.