Sarah Edmands Martin

DESIGNER

Associate Professor
University of Chicago

Designer, artist, and scholar working at the intersection of visual communication design, critical fabulation, and media aesthetics. 


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Monster Puppets

Puppet design2015
An unsettling set of small, anthropomorphic puppets that gesture towards the monstrous feminine.




Concept


These handmade puppet figurines occupy a liminal space between dark fairytale artifact and critical design object. Rendered with jointed limbs, exaggerated anatomical features, and deliberately grotesque detailing, they resist the polished innocence of traditional children’s toys, instead embracing a raw aesthetic that speaks to abjection, hybridity, and the monstrous feminine. These are not puppets to entertain but to provoke. Each puppet is a speculative character in an unwritten fable.



puppet design 
sewing
illustration
found material
fur craft