puppets in prague

more informations about ready-made wood:

• We offer a complete, pre-made wooden body and head for standard marionette either on a wire, or hung on strings.
• Body and head are separate items. Body includes hands, legs and feet.
• There are two types of pre-made heads: a head in form of simple "block" cut to size, or pieces in a shape roughly cut on band saw as is your design and "ready to carve".
• Size of body: height of 35 cm.
• Size of head:
  head for puppet on wire: height of 18 cm
  head for puppet on strings: height of 15 cm plus separate neck 8 cm long
• All products can be customized. We can also make the puppet body based on your draving, or technical drawing.
• We can make for you also only technical drawing of all parts of puppet based on your hand made drawing (actual size of puppet) for an standard price 45,- EUR.

Body for puppet on strings (left).

• Price: 95,- EUR
• Shapes of body, legs and hands are cut on band saw.
• Hands are connected with body by leather.
• Joints are connected and movable.
• Height of body is 35 cm.

Body for puppet with wire (right).

• Price: 95,- EUR
• Shapes of body, legs and hands are cut on band saw.
• Joints are connected and movable.
• Hands are connected with body with textile sleeve.
• Height of body is 35 cm.
• There will be metal wire 5 mm.

Head for puppet on strings (left).

• Price: 15,- EUR
• Blocks of wood for head are cut on table saw
• There is drilled hole for strip of leather in neck and in head.
• Height of head is 15 cm and neck 8 cm.

Head for puppet with wire (right).

• Price: 20,- EUR
• Blocks of wood for head are cut on table saw.
• There is hole for wire drilled through head.
• Height of head is 18 cm.

Head for puppet on string (left).

• Price: 39,- EUR
• Shapes of head are cut on band saw.
• Head and neck are connected by strip of leather.
• Height of head is 15 cm and neck 8 cm.
• There is drilled hole for strip of leather in neck and partly in head.
• Height of head is 15 cm and neck 8 cm.

Head for puppet with wire (right).

• Price: 39,- EUR
• Shapes of head are cut on band saw.
• There is hole for wire drilled through head.
• Height of head is 18 cm.

Controller for puppet with wire

• Price: 25,- EUR
• We deliver controller without wire.
• This controller is made from hard wood.
• Controller can be used for puppet height of 40 to 55 cm and a wire of 5 mm.

Controller for puppet on 9 strings

• Price: 35,- EUR
• This controller is made from hard wood.
• Controller can be used for puppet height 40 to 55 cm.

Metal Armature

• Price: 820,- EUR (mailing is in price)
• Height of Armature is 23 cm.
• We deliver Metal Armature as you see on photo (without head and hands).
• Armature is based on traditional construction used by best czech film studios for last 40 years.
• Armature can be used immediately for any professional film making.
• With armature you will receive also 2 specially made screw for fixing legs of puppet on stage.

• Please send us your order by email
• Write a detailed description of WHAT you are ordering.

• For payment use bank transfer or PayPal (email:info@kidpraha.cz.
• For actual exchange rate see Czech Koruna.CZK here.
• You will receive an invoice (PDF) with detailed information how transfer money.
• After sending your payment you will receive a package via air mail with your items.

Prices for mailing in Europe:

• one body (without head): 20,- EUR/2 kg
• one head (without body): 20,- EUR/2 kg
• one body with one head: 23,- EUR/3 kg

and if your order is bigger...

• four bodies (without heads): 25,- EUR/4 kg
• four heads (without bodies): 25,- EUR/4 kg
• four heads with four bodies: 30,- EUR/7 kg

Prices for mailing out of Europe:

• one body (without head): 26,- EUR/2 kg
• one head (without body): 26,- EUR/2 kg
• one body with one head: 30,- EUR/3 kg

and if your order is bigger...

• four bodies (without heads): 58,- USD/4 kg
• four heads (without bodies): 58,- USD/4 kg
• four heads with four bodies: 62,- USD/7 kg