line drawing of handprints pegged to a clothesline  

Smalls

1985

Created by Michele Spooner and Peter J. Wilson, this was the first in Handspan's Vignettes series. It was composed of five pieces varied in style and subject.


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clothesline hung with items spelling the word Smalls behind man and woman with miniature clothesline
SMALLS opening sequence
man in spotlight manipulating several crossed bamboo sticks
Extensions/Restrictions
closeup puppet head framed by its hands
Heads, Hands, Who's Who?
closeup puppet head with its hands over face
Heads, Hands, Who's Who?
squatting figure with human legs and puppet upper body
Heads, Hands, Who's Who?
puppet reaching towards its face in a mirror
Heads, Hands, Who's Who?
man and woman dressed in white manipulating puppet baby
Positive Equals
baby puppet meets a smaller baby
Positive Equals
baby puppet cradling doll
Positive Equals
Group shot of five people
SMALLS company, 1986
simple poster, black and white text
Street poster, Melbourne 1986
Smalls poster in Japanese and English
Final tour, Japan 1993