Giant Puppets
Photo by Anna Androsova
Puppets designed by Moni Sears and constructed with the assistance of the Wildland Roots volunteers. Materials include grocery bags, flour bags, cardboard boxes and reclaimed paper fiber. Painted with acrylic and latex paint.
Cardboard Monsters for the Portland Mardi Gras Parade 2024, 2025 and Portland Winter Light Festival 2025
PDX Monsters puppets designed and constructed by Moni Sears with technical assistance from Rick Sears. Primarily made from wastestream materials including cardboard boxes and grocery bags. Painted with spray and acrylic paint, and illuminated by black-light.
Mini Cardboard Monsters for the Portland Mardi Gras Parade 2025
Mini PDX Monsters designed and constructed by Moni Sears and Wildland Roots volunteers. Primarily made from wastestream materials including cardboard boxes and grocery bags. Painted with spray and acrylic paint, and illuminated by black-light.
Giant skeletal puppet designed by Moni Sears and constructed by Moni and Rick Sears with assistance from the Wildland Roots volunteers. Made from paper mache (recycled grocery bags), recycled cardboard, ethafoam, PVC pipe, and fabric. Painted with acrylic paint and latex house paint. This second version of the Bone Mother was significantly lighter in weight than the original allowing her head and body to be mounted on a backpack frame supported by one puppeteer.
Giant Raccoon
for the Echoes in Time "Mask Night" parade and celebration, 2024
for the Echoes in Time "Mask Night" parade and celebration, 2024
Puppet designed by Moni Sears and constructed by Moni with assistance from volunteers. Made from paper mache (recycled grocery bags), recycled cardboard, rattan, bamboo, and burlap fabric. Painted with natural pigments.
Giant skeletal puppet designed by Moni Sears and constructed by Moni and Rick Sears with assistance from the Wildland Roots volunteers. Made from paper mache (recycled grocery bags), recycled cardboard, paper pulp, PVC pipe, metal conduit, insulation foam and fabric. Painted with acrylic paint and latex house paint. Crown from beach-combed driftwood, wire, and animal bones. For this original version of the Bone Mother the head and body were mounted on litter carried by two people.
Giant bear puppet for the Winter Feast of Story and Song solstice celebration, 2019
Giant bear puppet designed and constructed by Moni Sears. Paper mache (recycled grocery bags) and recycled cardboard. Body from PVC, cardboard and burlap. Painted with natural mineral pigments.
