Talk:Rubbery Figures

'Who also made the figures themselves?'

The figures were sculpted in clay by Peter Nicholson. For the first few episodes Nicholson created the plaster molds then cast the latex to make the puppets which were then painted and clothed by Handspan Theatre Company, Nicholson wanted the clothing more detailed and a more natural look to the faces. He engaged a friend of his mother Tutti Pyke, a seamstress, to make the clothing. She recommended her friend dollmaker Lyn Perrott to paint the puppets (Nicholson gave her a magazine showing Spitting Images which had not then been broadcast in Australia, saying he wanted his puppets to have that realistic look. She was asked to trial using glass dolls' eyes but this process would have added too much time to production and the eyes did not sit well in the more contorted faces) About a year later Andrew Wright-Smith, a potter, took over the making of the molds from Nicholsons clay sculptures and casting the latex. AFter the ABC series ended Nicholson asked for detailed explanation of the methods developed to paint the puppets and he and his brother made the later ones. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1591PL (talk • contribs) 23:49, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Does this mean that the studio which produced the program also created the puppets? 2001:44B8:3102:BB00:4C97:886F:38D4:2E49 (talk) 08:13, 22 February 2018 (UTC)