
The entire body of this Chinese Shadow Puppet is made up of tiny plastic shaped flowers with connection pieces of hard plastic holding the entire design together.

The puppet appears to be hand painted and decorated and there is open spaces between each design with connecting lines of plastic to tie the entire puppet together. Very unusual!

Flowered skirt section of Chinese Puppet. The front decoration on the skirt was in a ribbon pattern that extended down the front of the puppet body.

Chinese Shadow Puppet before it was sewn to the matboard. Arm positions, hand, body, head and leg positions could have been placed to give this finished product a totally different look. The hands are especially full of expression. I understand the owners of this art puppet actually purchased it in China. I have never seen anything like this before.
I hope you have enjoyed looking at the different stages of this project.
I realize that too many people do not know what goes into custom framing or what questions to ask when considering making choices to preserve art.
If you need framing advice and your questions are not answered by visiting the accompanying tips page, please feel free to email me at laura@canadagoosegallery.com for framing advice.