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[2011-09-18 11:06:14 +0000 UTC]
(Czech Republic)
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# About me
My name is Ludek Burian and I am a wood carver a marionette maker from Southern Bohemia (The Czech Republic). I used to love the smell of wood as a child. I made little wooden boats out of it and blah blah blah … just kidding, now for realI did not do much as a child, once in a while I drew something with a pencil or watercolors or made something out of clay, there was not much of a talent in it though. If somebody told me back then, you are going to make marionettes one day, I would have laughed out loud. It is not important what schools I went to, there were definitely not art oriented, because I am a self-learner. And by saying it, I would like to encourage those who are not enough self-confident, this is all about being determined – just do everything the best way you can.
My marionette journey started slowly. Imagine you are at work doing some paper work and you feel disappointed about it, and that’s the time when I came up with an idea of how nice it would be to start making something real. And because I am still a child in spirit, I assigned to a marionettes-wood carving workshop, where I made my very first clown marionette. The only marionette I still have, the others went on their own journeys and I always like to hear where they end up.
Marionettes I make are all originals, I do not like making the same marionette over and over again, actually I do not even know how to do it. Especially when there are so many characters I can crate. I intend to make every single marionette just for myself, and I say to myself “this one is the best, I must keep this one”, and when I am done with it, I get an idea and get inspired and start working on a new piece. Therefore, I do not have any problems to send them to the world because the next marionette always brings something new to me. I find the journey a real goal in my wood-carving.
And where do I draw the inspiration from? It is my home and the countryside where I live with my family. Last year was a very important for us, after a long hesitation we bought an old isolated house we have been gradually rebuilding and making our dreams come true since then. It is a magnificent spot in the middle of the nature, surrounded with meadows and woods. There is an old orchard by the house where we have sheep and goats … just stunning … believe me. I get the inspiration just from what I see around and where I live. That explains for instance my series of human-animal marionettes. These are humans dressed up like animals, or is it vice versa? Aren`t they animals with human faces? Who knows. I would like to thank to my wife Monika (Novakova) who helps to dress them up. I also like to make devils because I do not need to follow any rules and I can give them a long nose, crossed eyes, just anything I feel like. In fact, most of them represent misbehaved children.
I like making marionettes without sketching them first, I just like to wait and see who is coming to live. It is some kind of meditation – you can just turn off your head and let your hands create. It is probably not the best example for beginners, it works for me though, my hands already know what to do. And that is the way Kudykam (Whichway) was created.
I would also like to mention Skeleton (125 cm tall). It took me a year to make it, not because it is hard to carve it, I just did not know how to handle it but I felt like I wanted to make a large-size marionette. The skeleton happened to be too stiff and I did not manage to finish it because the time for smiley and kind marionettes came up. Eventually, I made a Bird flu marionette out of the Skeleton and he scares people in the gallery in Prague now.
Currently, I focus on Doll Prague festival, where I want to present my newest marionettes, one of them is a vampire with a little playing machine.
And that is probably all I can say about what I do and who I am. I just found out I am a better wood carver than a writer, honestly It was really difficult to sit down and write all this. I like to talk to people, write the stuff down is not easy at all. I would rather my pictures speak for me. If you like to ask any questions and find out more about my work, do not hesitate to contact me. Have a nice day everyone.
Luděk Burian
ludekburian@seznam.cz
Facebook: Luděk Burian or Burian Marionety
# Comments
Comments: 28
You've awesome work here Ludek! Great job.. Have a wonderful week..
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Wonderful Creations, You have quite the universe going on here, an entire world unto itself!
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Hey, did you get a note from a person sending a link?
if you did, PLEASE DO NOT CLICK IT, it could be a possible dangerous link.
This is just a copy paste so I can give it to the people who it was sent to.
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Hi thank, yes i did, but don't open it.....looks unsafe.
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Everything that you have made is very inspiring. What kind of wood are you using? Bass?
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Hi, i use Lime for most, its bass i think. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia
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i loooove marionettes and your work is pretty amazing!
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Your style is very unique and I love your work!!
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Thank you very much for the watch and fav, I truly appreciate it!
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Oh a marionette-artist here? That´s pretty cool. Love your works indeed.
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