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Puppets who speak for God - Kay
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:42:35
Publish Date: 2021-11-01 13:01:00
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In this episode Jenny Salt speaks to Kay Yasugi, a talented performer letting her light shine in the international world of puppetry.

Kay was born in Japan to a Japanese dad and a Korean mum. Along with her older brother they came and settled in Sydney via Melbourne.

Kay was brought up in a very multi-cultural home – private girl’s school during the week, Japanese school on Saturdays, and a home life filled with Korean food - but becoming a Christian and doing summer missions in Bathurst changed the direction of Kay’s life.

It all started with a mascot for the mission week – a monkey called “Chee Chee”. This unassuming creature was the beginning of Kay’s life-long love of puppetry, and the development of a talent that's taken her all over the world.

SPECIAL LINKS

Here are some links for you to check Kay and all her characters at work:

Pupperoos: This is Kay's main business, focusing on puppetry for children and education. You can see a photo of Chee Chee the Monkey on the ‘About Us’ page. Otherwise here is a video of Chee Chee in action - I made this last Christmas for my church’s online Gingerbread house event (St Barnabas East Roseville) - it’s the nativity told with gingerbread and puppets.

Christmas Nativity Song 2020 Style (Colin Buchanan video): Here is a 2020-inspired stop motion puppet video of the Nativity that Kay created for her church’s online Christmas service last year (complete with toilet rolls, hand sanitizer, cleaning products and pasta!). With Colin Buchanan’s permission, Kay made this video using his song “On That Very First Christmas".

Digital Seagull: This link has info about the ABC iView campaign and other projects Kay has done for adults and corporate clients.

Kay's Instagram page  
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