Wooden Fox - making a traditional marionette

How I got that scar on my hand? Making a hand-carved fox puppet from gardening scraps. This is Splinters - His ears are felt, his body parts are scrap wood painted with oil paints, his joints are old fence wire and potato sack and his whiskers are made from tangled fishing line. He's totally re-cycled! I hoped to build a puppet for travelling with, he is not the one but this project taught me respect for the traditional craft. Thank you to my parents for putting up with this and providing tools and space for me. This was my lockdown project, what was yours?
Easter Egg at 05:07
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[@magamemes3453]

My grandfather taught me to always wear a glove on the hand holding the wood while carving. He saw my hand after carving a wood spirit (my first carve). I had over a dozen cuts on my hand. That's when he decided to teach me the proper way. My grandfather liked to carve gypsy dancer and hula dancer lamps at that time.

[@Managarm]

Very calming, you have a nice presence :)

[@audreycooper4281]

I really like your persistence in doing this project, you seem to really love animals, so do I, thank you for making this video!

[@markwilliamson5796]

Mr Todd is a very fine fellow. Plato's theory of forms say there is essense of fox. And Mr Todd has captured it. Very fine.

[@IbrahimEnemosah]

I love foxes

[@drakedragonking4698]

This is incredibly beautiful, this inspires me to make my own puppet

[@illegalnoburrito149]

Wow, I must say, this is a nice learning video for me, especially since I’m using an entire tree for a puppet I’m working on. He’ll be more bigger than your puppet’s scale (2’5 without strings), so learning all these road bumps you had can definitely be accounted for when I make mine. Thank you for making such wonderful video!

[@karnkreft]

Thank you! I am very glad to have helped!

[@simonwatson9730]

What a wonderful marionette! I came across this looking for inspiration (I’m about to start making a fox marionette myself) Your whole way of working and problem solving is very impressive. Thanks for sharing.

[@ratuse]

The fox is soooo cuuuute! You're reminding me that I should post a couple of vids of my Drosselmyer marrionette!

[@eugeniahuval5370]

the fox head is very realistic.Great work on the fox. thank you for the video.

[@karnkreft]

Thank you for watching! I am so excited that this week the fox has finally arrived in my home country and soon I can play with it again!

[@robroymacgregor7279]

Well done, home style, the best!...

[@karnkreft]

Thanks! I've so been meaning to post an update Bout my latest puppet!

[@llirret]

Nice work!

[@herbertslops]

Wonderful creating. Really enjoying your videos.

[@karnkreft]

Thank you slops! I have been loving yours too x

[@RomaniaLegionara]

Wow,you can prebably make a little version of,Black ant,or Salamander

[@arborigenes2517]

great work!!! congrats!

[@karnkreft]

Thank you very much! I'm still learning a lot but it was a really enjoyable thing to do with my l9ckdown x

[@gorkadiazbaz8292]

​@@karnkreft l ask a question

[@karnkreft]

@@gorkadiazbaz8292 ?

[@gorkadiazbaz8292]

@@karnkreft you make wooden puppet hybridy duck and crow please

[@karnkreft]

@@gorkadiazbaz8292 I made the crow in this film.

[@adiconstantin4598]

Enjoyed the true story and the way you put it on video. Sorry for the finger accident - hope all is well now. I guess your fans would be curious to see the steps you follow in creating your next marionette (the cat/ the bear/ the little prince/ an E.T./...). Also, to find out what adventures their beloved Fox 🦊is up to

[@karnkreft]

Thank you for watching! My finger is better now. For a while I couldn't feel the back of it - then it was itchy. Now more than a year later the feeling has come back! I just recently have been thinking of carving a set of Little Red Riding Hood characters. I shall make a film if I do!

[@adiconstantin4598]

@@karnkreft - Thank you for all the good news! Have a swell time with your new projects! 🧚🌳🐈‍⬛🌳🌳🧑‍🚒🧑‍🦳

[@gorkadiazbaz8292]

​​​@@karnkreft you make a puppet hybridy duck and crow please

[@Chetanganji]

Beaut art work :) ur first project came really awesome 😎 Cheers :)

[@karnkreft]

Thank you! I really appreciate that. I hope to make some more soon, a wolf, a grandma, a woodsman and a little girl in a hood... maybe you've heard of them? ;)

[@Chetanganji]

@@karnkreft voHoO waiting for to see it soon ...Go-ahead All the very best 👍👍

[@andrewvydysh7090]

Nice work.Dear Karen,let me know yours mail- wanna share my mechanical fox with you.

[@karnkreft]

My name isn't Karen :).

[@andrewvydysh7090]

Nevertheless,you are so beautiful,and yours creations too.Nice to meet you,I am Andrew,architect

[@karnkreft]

Nice to meet you too :) @@andrewvydysh7090

[@magdakaminski745]

Gówno 😢

[@lucysterloff]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT 🥹🫶 i wish i could have it haha

[@karnkreft]

One day I want to make them and sell them. Until then though pottery is my trade aha :D