Artellephant Picture Gallery

Perseus

Built by: Mike Artelle

Type: Glove Puppet

Technique: Soft Sculpt

Materials: Artic fleece, quilting stuffing

Performance: From Heroes Past and Present

Pythor the Barbarian and Demon

Built by: Mike Artelle

Type: Glove Puppet

Technique: Soft Sculpt

Materials: Artic fleece, quilting stuffing

Performance: Pythor battles his evil foe the Demon in a scene from Heroes Past and Present. Who will win?

Goth Dude (Icicles Man)

Built by: Mike Artelle

Type: Glove Puppet

Technique: Soft Sculpt

Materials: Artic fleece, quilting stuffing

Performance: Goth Dude has now become the villain Icicles Man for Heroes Past and Present

Dilly

Built by: Peggy Artelle

Type: Mouth and Rod Puppet

Technique: Sculpted sponge covered with fabric, Soft Sculpt

Materials: Artic fleece, sponge, quilting stuffing

Performance: Dilly appeared with Gordon the Sea Monster in a skit for the Ottawa Puppetry Club Variety Show.

Camel

Built by: Peggy Artelle

Type: Rod Puppet

Technique: Painted cut out shapes, jumping jack movement

Materials: Cardboard, Acrylic paint, wood, string

Performance: The camel appeared with the elephant (below) in a skit about Noah's Ark for the Ottawa Puppetry Club Variety Show.

Hornz the Cow

Built by: Mike Artelle

Type: Mouth Puppet with Glove Hands

Technique: Sculpted sponge covered with fabric

Materials: Fun fur, sponge

Caption: Hornz the Cow during a visit to Toronto

Mikey & Gang

Puppeteer Mike Artelle with the cast of The Sea Monster and the King in 1997.

Witchiepoo

Built by: Peggy, Shannon, Steven and Mike Artelle

Type: Halloween Decoration

Technique: Papier-mache

Materials: Newspaper, paint, fabric

Note: My sister and brother and I made Witchiepoo, with help from our mother Peggy, during the mid 1970s when we were kids. Witchiepoo is regarded as another member of the family and hangs out in our puppet workshop!

Tiller Cobbs

Built by: Peggy Artelle

Type: Mouth Puppet with Glove Hands

Technique: Carved sponge covered with fabric

Materials: Fabric, sponge,

Audry II

In 1999 Mike Artelle built several Audry II puppets for Sock N'Buskin Theatre's production of Little Shop of Horrors, presented at Carleton University.

Nanny (as the mother) with the Goose and Jack

Another scene from Jack and the Beanstalk. Nanny appeared in several shows, and we also later used the goose as a stork that delivered the mail.

Roman Guard

Built by: Mike Artelle

Type: Glove Puppet

Technique: Soft Sculpt

Materials: Artic fleece, quilting stuffing

Performance: From Heroes Past and Present

Vul-Gar the Ogre

Built by: Mike Artelle

Type: Marionette

Technique: Sculpting in clay, carved sponge

Materials: Artic fleece, quilting stuffing, fun fur, sponge, Acrylic paint, and a type of modeling clay that is far to brittle to use for puppets!

Performance: Vul-Gar was remade as a soft sculpt rod puppet for Heroes Past and Present.

Crocodile

Built by: Peggy Artelle

Type: Rod Puppet

Technique: Papier-mache with fabric strips over carved sponge

Materials: Sponge, fabric, wood

Performance: The crocodile was used as a Dragon for a skit with Pythor the Barbarian as part of the first Puppet Jam fundraiser for the Puppets Up festival in 2005.

Gordon the Sea Monster

Built by: Mike Artelle

Type: Mouth Puppet with Glove Hands (and tail!)

Technique: Pattern sewn on the Sewing machine, stuffed with sponge

Materials: Fun fur, sponge

Performance: Gordon the Sea Monster appeared in several Artellephant Productions projects including the live shows Pirate Mice, The Case of the Snowman Toppler, and The Sea Monster and the King. He is also the main character of a 20 minute video Fuzzy Fables.

Elephant (with Cat and Rat)

Built by: Peggy Artelle

Illustrated by: Mike Artelle

Type: Rod Puppet

Technique: Painted cut out shapes, jumping jack movement

Materials: Cardboard, Acrylic paint, wood, string

Performance: The elephant appeared with the camel (above) in a skit about Noah's Ark for the Ottawa Puppetry Club Variety Show.

Pterodactyl

Built by: Mike Artelle

Type: Mouth and Rod Puppet

Technique: Cardboard, sponge and Boning shapes covered with fabric

Materials: Fabric, boning, sponge

Frog

Built by: Mike Artelle

Type: Mouth and Rod Puppet

Technique: Sponge pattern glued together

Materials: Sponge, hot glue, fabric, wire (joining feet)

Performace: Used in the Puppet Jam fundraiser event for the Puppets Up! Festival in Aug 2007.

Mousie Mousie

Built by: Mike Artelle

Type: Mouth and Rod Puppet

Technique: Pattern sewn on sewing machine, filled with sponge

Materials: Fabric, sponge,

Note: When my mother Peggy first began helping me with puppet shows she didn't have many puppet voices so we wrote Mousie into every show!

Yellow Clown

Built by: Peggy Artelle

Type: Rod Puppet

Technique: Painted spoon with wig and costume

Materials: Wooden spoon, paint, fabric, felt, decorations

Jeremy (as Jack)

A scene from Jack and the Beanstalk. Jeremy was first created as Jack for this show, but he soon developed a character all his own! He has been used in many other shows and variety skits.