Today, there is not a single person who would be a curiosity a glove doll. In modern puppet theaters , almost all characters are staged on this principle: bears and monkeys, cows and people. However, the description of the parsley doll is often blurry and incomplete.
Traditional glove doll
The main distinguishing feature of this type of theatrical characters is the fact that the toy is put on the hand, like a glove. The role of the neck is performed by the index finger, of one hand or paws - large. The middle finger has the task of depicting a second hand or paw, and the nameless and little fingers simply cling to the palm.
However, the description of the parsley doll in some productions can be changed. Some puppeteers prefer the option when all four limbs “work” on his character.
Parsley managed by several people
There are productions in which large characters participate. Here the trivial description of the parsley doll does not fit, because you can no longer put them on your hand. In order to set such a character in motion, not one but several people are required. Someone puts a doll's head on his hand, while someone gets the role of hands. And even sometimes someone else is engaged in the legs of the character. Indeed, this is not the well-known traditional glove doll-parsley.
Although, if you imagine a gigantic man with huge arms… And his fingers should be the size of the hand of an ordinary person! But everything happens in fairy tales. Maybe that's why they are also called parsley? Or because, nevertheless, the roots of their origin also go back to glove puppets? After reading this description of the parsley doll, which is controlled by several people, we can also conclude: they are made by the same methods as the traditional "glove" artists. Here are just patterns for them you need to increase many times.
The history of parsley
Hand-woven dolls appeared in Russia later than in other countries. And the “pioneer” was a booth character in a cap with a tassel, dressed in a red shirt and wide canvas pants. The mocker, wit and buffoon immediately fell in love with representatives of the people. And the Russian people decided that Petrushka was a real peasant from their own tribe-clan.
But art historians believe that the first appeared Frenchman Polisinel, Neapolitan Pulcinella, Englishman Punch, Turks Karagez, Germans Casperle and Hanswust, Spaniard Don Cristobal and some others. True, all these characters are similar to our Petrushka only in their faces, outfits and habits. After all, they were controlled with the help of threads. Our Petrushka was not originally a puppet.
But Gignol, who appeared in Lyon at the beginning of the nineteenth century, was closest to him. According to the manufacturing and control technology, only he was the “brother” to our Petrushka. But the Russian people stubbornly consider this character a native of our people, not wanting to share this right with anyone else.
To date, all dolls that are put on the hand are called parsley or glove. Children love to watch performances with their participation. And playing at home with such a toy that can cuddle and feel so lively and warm is also very nice.
Parsley doll workshop
It is very important for the master to get not only theory, but also practical advice. Therefore, material is published here for those who are interested in knowing how to make parsley - a doll worn on the hand.
1. The first step is to make a head. There are several ways:
- You can use the head from an old toy.
- You can make it from papier-mâché by pasting a pattern molded from plasticine with paper scraps. The shell from the egg, from which the contents are blown out through a small hole, is also suitable as a template. Nose, cheeks and other bulges can be stuck with plasticine.
- The heads of animals crocheted from yarn look beautiful.
- You can sew from the fabric the head of the future "prima" homemade puppet theater.
- Polymer clay is an excellent material for a doll maker.
- For a doll depicting a person, the option of making a head from nylon tights with a synthetic winterizer is the best fit.
2. The second step is to sew or knit a doll outfit from yarn. Before starting work, you need to make a product pattern. To do this, put a palm with spread fingers on the fabric and place marks near the first phalanx of the middle (points A and B), index (B and D) and thumb (D and E) fingers on both sides. The letters near the dots are arranged clockwise.
Then concave arcs connect points B and C, G and D. From points A and E, draw down lines, sometimes with an extension - to dress the flush style. Symmetric points near the phalanges are connected by straight lines. This option assumes the presence of "brushes" of the character, which are cut in the form of miniature mittens, stuffed with filler and sewn to the extreme sockets intended for the doll’s hands.
If the robe for the animal is hidden, then instead of straight lines, curved arches are used.
The outfit is sewn, folding the parts with the front side inward, then turn out. The head is attached to the middle bell.
The finished parsley doll can be used to play in a theatrical production, or you can simply use it as a toy for children.