Mr Cleaver’s Monsters

I completely forgot to say, I made a haunted Mesoamerican relic for The Great Leicester Ghost Hunt. Now the event is over, I can finally post my workshop photos!

My thanks to the teams at @mbd_vr and @bidleicester for a fun project!

@leicesterfest

#aztec #mayan #mesoamerica #propmaking #evafoam

Sorry, Doc, I’ve been seeing other palaeontologists. 😉

Regardless, it’s a lovely thing and I’m glad it exists!

Whaaaaa?! Is that a Dougal Dixon model in the first photo?

I love my job. Except today. And most of yesterday.

#propmaking #scenicart

New (and rather spooky) project in the pipeline!

Outdoor Arts UK Leicester Festivals & Events Leicestershire Live Cool As Leicester Visit Leicester

#greatleicesterghosthunt #ghosts #halloween

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The Ancient Giants will be in Stoke this Friday and Saturday for The Big Feast Festival!

@appetite_stoke @inspirateuk

#puppet #giantpuppet #puppetry #ancientgiants #stokeontrent

@outdoorartsuk @britishpuppetguild @britishunima

Who dances best?

#ancientgiants hit @aisfestival

Produced by @inspirateuk
Funded by @withoutwalls.uk

@leicesterfest @outdoorartsuk @puppetplace @puppeteersuk @britishunima @britishpuppetguild @aboutleicester @visitleicester #puppet #giantpuppet

Thanks to @indre.r.art for this brilliant photo of Ravan at @curve_leicester for @aisfestival

Produced by @inspirateuk
Funded by @withoutwalls.uk

@leicesterfest @outdoorartsuk #puppet #giantpuppet #dancing

The Ancient Giants hit @curve_leicester for @aisfestival

Produced by @inspirateuk
Funded by @withoutwalls.uk

Puppeteers: @kneadnaan @rayorayrayo @karla.m.jones @aljessop86 @maisyyhluk and Paloma Styles

#puppet #giantpuppet

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I’m watching the original 1970’s Wombles. For work!

Might actually be living the dream!

#wombles

It would be lovely to get a preview image on this. As we can’t… Yay! We’ll be at the Indian Summer Festival this July!

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Thank you!

Prototype and finished phoenix puppet for the @bamboozletheatre production, Firebird.

Puppeteers: @lorihopkinspuppeteer @ben_moores_theatre and Craig Byrne.

#puppet #giantpuppet #mythicalcreature #mythicalbeast #evafoam #foamsmith #firebird #phoenix #mrcleaversmonsters

Get Ready With Me!

Brimstone has a new tail and will be touring this year with @autindt

@johnny.autin @outdoorartsuk @puppetplace @britishpuppetguild @britishunima

@leicesterfest @aboutleicester

#grwm
#brimstone #dragon #mythicalbeast #puppet #giantpuppet #puppetry #evafoam #foamsmith

Ravan charming the visitors at York Mela this weekend!

Ancient Giants is produced by Inspirate Ltd.

With puppeteers Rayo Patel, Sanjay Dattani and Adam Jessop.

With thanks to @withoutwalls.uk

#puppet #giantpuppet #ancientgiants #walkaround #outdoortheatre

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Just a Demon King living his best life.

See the Ancient Giants on tour this summer.

Produced by Inspirate Ltd.

Puppeteers: @rayorayrayo @sanjay.dattani17 @chandnipremgi

@withoutwalls.uk

#ancientgiants #puppet #giantpuppet #puppetry #evafoam #mrcleaversmonsters

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Another from the archive. Testing an arm mechanism.

Music: Gogo Penguin, Wash.

#gogopenguin #puppet #giantpuppet #puppetry

Beautiful work. Especially the butterfly picture!

You know what they say, Dr Naish…

Mo kele-mbembe. Mo problems!

Some more shots from the Roots Of Our Tree installation, designed by myself, produced by Inspirate Ltd, and made with young people from across Leicester.

Photographer: Tom Platinum Morely.

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How do you navigate yourself to a palaeontology event?

With a quetzalco-atlas!

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I’m here all week.

We’re all about the Dragon Positivity here, people.

#dragons #mythicalbeasts #puppets #giantpuppets #brimstone #mrcleaversmonsters

Happy World Puppetry Day!

Here’s a sneak peek into what I’ve been up to with the @InspirateUk #AncientGiants team!

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See The Roots Of Our Tree installation at Leicester Cathedral through March.

Designed by Tom Cleaver and produced by Inspirate, the piece features leaves decorated by primary school students from the city, plus members of the Belgrave Library Knitting Group and Highfields Centre.

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A few quick shots from the recent Cosmopolitan Arts Chinese New Year celebrations. Cosmo and Cosima got their annual meander and the new dragon boats got their first outing!

#chinesenewyear #puppets #giantpuppets #dragons #chinesedragon #dragonboat #leicester #mrcleaversmonsters

Join us today for Little Dragons at Highcross Leicester from 1pm today! We’ll be there as part of Cosmopolitan Arts Chinese New celebrations!

#chinesenewyear #lunarnewyear #dragons #chinesedragons #papercraft

That’s good to hear!

No, I didn’t want to be working on a Sunday. Again.

But I did manage to solve the suspension-system puzzle I’ve been swearing at for the past 2 days. (Previous prototypes pictured).

#theatredesign #propmaking

Where did dinosaurs first evolve? Scientists have an answer Dinosaurs long dominated Earth's land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus, meat-eating brutes like Tyrannosaurus and weirdos like Therizinosaurus, with its Freddy Krueger-like claws. But the origin of dinosaurs - precisely when and where they first appeared - remains a bit of a puzzle.

@markwitton.bsky.social

Hi Mark,
Just letting you know Reuters have used one of your artworks. Didn’t see a credit.

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