KD Puppet Making

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About this class

This is a fun, hands-on, beginners’ level course about the making of hand puppets. You will learn basic hand-sewing and puppet design techniques, and the rest is up to your imagination. 

Note: this course is taught in Arabic, however English speakers are welcome too

Class Outline
  1. Introduction to puppet making and the different tools and techniques that will be used
  2. Making the puppet
  3. Making the puppet
  4. Dressing and accessorizing the puppet

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class

Participants are required to buy their own materials beforehand and bring them to every class

  • Liquid UHU glue
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Eraser
  • ruler

Materials provided to students in class

  • Basic sewing kit (different color threads, small or medium sewing needle, thimble, safety pins, pins)

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:
  • Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
  • Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
  • Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
  • Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
  • Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Mon, 26 Jan, 2015
End: Wed, 4 Feb, 2015
Lessons: 4
Days: Mondays & Wednesdays
Time: 12.45 PM – 2.45 PM
Location: VCUQatar, Room 390
Cost: QAR 400 / US$ 110

Instructors

Dana El Ahdab 127 166 80

Dana El Ahdab

Dana comes from a background in visual communications and design with professional experience in corporate design, animation and children’s TV. In recent years, she developed a personal interest in designing for non-governmental organizations and the educational sectors. She has a Masters degree in Design Education and has taught design and animation courses at VCUQ and Northwestern University in Qatar.

Her love for scuba diving and everything related to the sea is inspiring her current research and practice in merging environmental conservation with critical design thinking.

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