{"id":3928,"date":"2020-08-17T10:49:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T09:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2020-08-17T10:49:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T09:49:47","slug":"alumnus-peter-morton-to-deliver-workshop-on-found-object-puppets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/2020\/08\/17\/alumnus-peter-morton-to-deliver-workshop-on-found-object-puppets\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus Peter Morton to deliver workshop on Found Object Puppets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alumnus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peter-morton.co.uk\/\">Peter Morton<\/a>, who studied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/arts\/subjects\/drama-and-theatre\">Drama<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/arts\">School of Arts<\/a>, will deliver an online workshop on <a href=\"https:\/\/thegulbenkian.co.uk\/events\/found-object-puppets-with-peter-morton\/\"><em>Found Object Puppets<\/em><\/a>\u00a0for <a href=\"https:\/\/thegulbenkian.co.uk\/\">The Gulbenkian<\/a>, the campus&#8217; on-site arts venue, at 2pm on Wednesday 19 August 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>Found Object Puppets<\/em> is a masterclass in how to create a fun, beautiful puppet out of the objects that you find in your house. <span lang=\"EN-US\">From collecting and recycling materials across your home each participant will create their own unique puppet. With award winning puppet designer Peter Morton learn how to create a character, find how it can move, and then make your own. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">The session will end with creating an amazing music video with the puppets dancing over zoom (which will then be edited together and sent through to you to keep!). A list of basic making materials will be sent out before the session, but the majority you will already have and half the fun is working with what you can find!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Peter is a visual artist and designer who specialises in intricate puppets and clever set design. He takes great inspiration from the Japanese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/Bunraku\">Bunraku<\/a> form of puppetry and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.handspringpuppet.co.za\/\">Handspring Puppet Company<\/a>. He creates work that surprises, is striking and bold. He now runs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halfastring.co.uk\/\">Half a String<\/a>, an award winning visual theatre company that tours regularly across the UK and works locally around Kent &amp; London.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the workshop are \u00a34.50 and the session is recommended for ages 11+. The workshop will be delivered via Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>Further information about the workshop can be found on the Gulbenkian&#8217;s website, here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thegulbenkian.co.uk\/events\/found-object-puppets-with-peter-morton\/\">https:\/\/thegulbenkian.co.uk\/events\/found-object-puppets-with-peter-morton\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumnus Peter Morton, who studied Drama at the School of Arts, will deliver an online workshop on Found Object Puppets\u00a0for The Gulbenkian, the campus&#8217; on-site &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/2020\/08\/17\/alumnus-peter-morton-to-deliver-workshop-on-found-object-puppets\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55813,"featured_media":3951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[807,50018,124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3928"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3939,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3928\/revisions\/3939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}