goats

from the story "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" | 2023

I was asked to make three SocksArt goats from the Norwegian folk tale, "The Three Billy Goats Gruff” for a puppet show. This is a classic story that has been published as picture books by many different illustrators. I hadn't read the book, so I bought a Japanese version which was published in 1965 - illustrated by Marcia Brown and translated by Teiji Seta. From this book, I was inspired and created SocksArt for each of the three goats.

「三びきのやぎのがらがらどん」の人形劇を子供達に公演したいのでヤギ達を作って欲しいと言われました。これはノルウェーの昔話で、色々な名作絵本が出版されています。私は、本をまだ読んだことがなかったので、まず日本語版のオリジナル（？）福音館書店より発行されている本、マーシャ・ブラウン（絵）せた・ていじ（訳）、を購入して読んで、三匹のやぎ達のそれぞれのイメージを得ました。

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