Marionette Workshop And Puppet Theaters

Rows of finished marionettes in colorful folk costumes hang from strings along the rafters, watching over a workshop where three puppet theaters stand open with red curtains and gilded proscenium arches. Below, two seamstresses stitch tiny costumes at sewing machines, surrounded by spools of thread, ribbon and folded fabric, while a woodcarver at a side table shapes a fresh wooden head among painted faces, hands and masks scattered across the tabletop. Miniature stages tucked into side rooms already host small puppet figures mid-performance, visible through open doorways. Shelves hold blank heads and glue pots, and a window at the center lets daylight into the loft. Every puppet above was born from the tools below, so the finished cast and its unfinished parts share the very same room.