Creature Design
With a background as a puppet maker Gab has spent many years making life like creatures for theatre and film. She has over 10 years experience as a concept designer, maker and puppeteer.
Numbat Puppet made from recycled materials
Leadbeaters Possum Puppet - Made for 'Arc' Erth Visual & Physical
Testing mechanism design for 'Little Shop of Horrors' Erth Visual & Physical
Caterpillar Puppet
Handmade eyes for puppets and taxidermy
Puppeteering - Gab Paananen
Creature design work
Puppeteering in 'Arc' with Erth Visual & Physical
Numbat puppet
Puppeteering at World Expo Osaka 2025 with Erth Visual & Physical
'Olento' Puppet build - Finland 2023
Creature design work
Gab Paananen - Sydney Taxidermy and Creature Design
Gab Paananen
Puppeteering in 'Arc' with Erth Visual & Physical
Puppeteering and Creature Builds for 'Erth's Prehistoric Aquarium'