my creed
To
me,
art
is
a
game.
My
life's
purpose
is
to
save
the
land
of
childhood
through
the
sets,
puppets.
costumes
and
illustrations
I
design.
I
have
succeeded
in
taking
a
small
nip
of
that
unfathomed
store
of
naive freshness of art and charm of the primitive.
The
expression,
the
tragedy
and
the
comedy
of
folk
art
is
very
dramatic
material.
That
is
why
I
do
illustrations
in
order
to
transfer
the
experience
of
the
theatre
to
that
medium
and
conversely
to
take
what
I have learned in took illustration to the theatre.
The
puppet
and
cartoon
film
offers
a
moving
frame
where
one
is
condemned
to
complete
freedom.
Everything is permitted. One has unbounded freedom in the forms he wishes to adapt.
It was necessary to draw up several guiding miles.
I try to follow a few of the principles in working my "God's Little Acre".
1. Be modern. That is try to introduce something new, no matter how insignificant in this field of art.
2. Borrow from the national art values.
3. Play with form and content with the concentration of the child.
4. Work in various branches of art and with various materials to avoid getting into a rut.
5. Make use of the grotesque as an expression of humour and wit.
8. Exaggerate in the expression of the drama and the tragedy.
7.
Master
the
magic
girt
of
affecting
an
audience
between
the
ages
of
5
and
100,
regardless
of
their
tastes.
8. Pay no regard to fashions.
9. Kindle the joy of life even in a stick.
10. Start life anew. Stay back in the same grade for the next forty years.
The Creed published above is quoted from a pamphlet printed far an
Exhibition in London of the work of Adam Kilian, a famous Polish
Theatre Designer and former Director of the Lalka Puppet Theatre in
Poland. It is offered as inspiration and food for thought