Cowboy puppet

Classification(s):
Wood
Date: 1967
Medium: Printed card
Object number: W554K
Place of Production:United Kingdom
Title:The JigJog Power Puppets
Description'The JigJog Power Puppets' series was a range of printed, cut out and assemble, puppet characters created by Barry Elphick and Geoffrey Charlto-Perrin in 1967. This cowboy puppet has been assembled and is missing its left leg. Originally the parts would have been printed together on a single sheet of card with instructions on how to assemble. Printed in the UK.
ProvenanceThe collection was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The collection’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’.

The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.

The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.

COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.

After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.

The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts.

ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.