Gerard - The Hoodening Horse

For our folk art project i decided to make a puppet/prop based on the hoodening plays. I decided to make it out of wire structure as it was easier and quick to make that out of wood like the original ones are made from, i also thought that i would be able to get more of a horse shape using wire than wood. I first constructed a simple wire structure to make a head and bottom jaw before covering it with chicken wire.I then covered this structure with a layer of paper mache and then a layer of paper pulp to give it more strength. I then attached the jaw and head using string and a wooden stick to the head so that it could be held.