Over time, more and more fantasy figures emerged: Schnipsi is amazed at the world with her mouth open, Fluffi cowers timidly. The hand puppets are manipulated in different ways: the tip of the puppeteer's index finger can be clearly seen in the sniffing nose of the rat Rezina.
Puppet:
Rezina the rat from ‘The Rat by the Pond’
Construction & Performance:
Silke Technau (*1955)
Date:
1985, Berlin
Material:
textile, cable, cardboard, wood glue
Loan:
KOBALT Figurentheater Lübeck
Puppets:
Schnipsi and Fluffi from ‘The Red and the Yellow Tomato’
Company:
Berliner Mäusetheater
Construction:
Edelgard Hansen (*1955), Benita Steinmann (1940-1996)
Performance:
Silke Technau (*1955)
Date:
1978, Berlin
Material:
Fabric, foam rubber, stuffing, table tennis balls
Loan:
KOBALT Figurentheater Lübeck