WANDERER
Created,
designed, and built by Nikolai_Zykov in 1990.
System: marionette.
Height: 92 cm / 36 in.
Materials: papier-mache, foam plastic, foamrubber, wood, metal wire, fabric, foil.
The second name of this vignette is "The Light of Truth".
First presentation - November 23, 1990, Concert Hall "Vremya", Saint-Petersburg.
This composition is created according to the themes of Russian philosophic painter_Nesterov. It is based on elements of Russian, Oriental and European philosophy, but everyone can understand it in one's own way.
The Wanderer is a transforming puppet with a very difficult tricks.
Step 1: The Old man finds a magic book.
Step 2: The Old man opens and reads the book.
Step 3: The Old man finds and puts on a magic mantle.
Step 4: The Old man transforms into a Young boy, walking-stick become a flute.
Step 5: The Young boy plays on flute.
At present you can see the Wanderer in "The Magic World of Marionettes.