Dave's Ventriloquial Creations
This page is for a variety of pictures of my own ventriloquial creations.
A couple small pics of some small vent sculptures I made recently.
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Here are a few small pics of the model I've created for a new figure's head.
Why? Because they're popular even today, but difficult to obtain, and rarely used when they are, and it's a really cute looking figure (I think).
This figure is approx. 16" high (sitting), he has moving eyes and a Pelham style jaw operated by a front trigger mounted on a wood headstick.
His body is collapsible, allowing him to fit quite comfortably in a smaller case.
(Click on picture for larger view.)
Here's another picture of Rudy alongside my first MoonHead (now residing at Vent Haven Museum).
Click on the MoonHead button beneath the picture to read the MoonHead story.
Here are a couple of the first vent novelties I made.
Left: One of my many "mini-figureheads" with working slotjaw,
size is approx. 2" x 2" x 4" high.
Right: Wooden book with slotjaw face inside, size is approx. 7" high x 5" wide x 2" deep.
The next two items were more into "regular" figuremaking.
Left pic: My Charlie Dickens, made from an Andersen head.
Right pic: And my homemade version of Capt. Dick's "Henry" design.
Here a couple of canes I created.
The first cane is a tree branch de-barked, and stained, but natural in that it's not a perfectly smooth, straight stick, and it's topped with one of my slotjaw mini-figureheads.
The second cane has a standard smooth, straight stick and is also topped with a slotjaw mini-figurehead.
The pics below show the canes and a close up of one of the heads attached.
The following is one of the wooden trunks I made for my figures.
The interior is padded with foam rubber (1/2' to 3/4' thick) and then I upholstered the interior with soft glove leather. I woodburned in a picture on the front and for total protection I used 3 coats of spar varnish.
Here's a web page I created with instructions on how to make your own "dummy" wireless mic with a light for your figures.
Gary Koepke has a page dedicated to homemade figures;
Michael Brose has created a really nice site about figuremaking
where you will also find info on his new figuremaking book;
