Here the Toulouse Head is completed and the body is under constuction. This puppet had one stuffed glove hand on the right side and the other hand was my own in white glove. Toulouse was required to drink, paint and handle a number of props during the course of the show. The legs were weighted in such a way that I could convincingly "walk" him simply by twisting the controller for the head back and forth. My other hand was of course used to manipulate the head, eyes and mouth. This puppet also required a number of costume changes from city clothes to artists smock to a matador's costume and at one point was even dressed in drag as this was the way Toulouse frequently amused himself in life.
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