We built a giant eagle puppet for Iceland's national day

September 2, 2023 7:49 PM

We built a giant eagle puppet for Iceland's national day [via mefi projects]
posted by sardonyx (7 comments total)

Puppet! It's a puppet. I was expecting to see an enormous dog-eagle hybrid.
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:22 PM on September 2, 2023 [10 favorites]

Now I want to see a golden eagle retriever. But this is very cool!
posted by mollweide at 9:29 PM on September 2, 2023 [1 favorite]

Mod note: Fixed the typo! (Pupper > Puppet)
posted by taz (staff) at 10:08 PM on September 2, 2023 [2 favorites]

Oh geez! I saw that puppet. I was with my family and a gaggle of my kids’ friends in that park you see at the end of the video. Wish I’d known it was the work of a MeFite. I’ll confirm that it’s just as impressive in person as it is in the video.
posted by Kattullus at 12:14 AM on September 3, 2023 [6 favorites]

That was amazing! So, so cool.
posted by heyho at 6:17 AM on September 3, 2023

Wow! The amount of work and problem solving that went into that is astounding. Great performance! (I was also agog and jealous of that workshop!)
posted by amanda at 7:17 AM on September 3, 2023

Thanks everyone! We are just coming up on one year with the workskop, and it has really made things easier than working form my basement and Daniel's garage. This is our third large scale puppet design, after Tufti the Troll and the flamingo twins Magnus and Petur. But we have several more in the works for a secret project in 2024!
posted by Nothing at 3:39 AM on September 5, 2023 [3 favorites]