9” high Beowulf Puppet and props. Like many of my productions, the props and costume are often a collaboration of  various peoples talents; using traditional and state of the art skills. James Richardson hand carved this puppet’s beautiful head and hands from limewood. I built the body from plaztazote foam and  leather. The fine costume was made by Julie Burkin. The delightful  minute Thors hammer pendant and real metal sword was made by blacksmith Dan O’shea. The helmet  I mostly constructed from thin strips of foam and covered in latex paint. The shields were 3-D printed using Rob Jose’s excellent talents. I made the tiny leather belt. Recently the buckle in the photo was replaced with one made by an anonymous actual Anglo - Saxon craftsperson. It was a diminutive bronze buckle I got from a metal detectorist, which seemed very fitting for this show. It would be nice to imagine that the maker of that buckle had once heard the poem recited in a mead hall long ago…