Shellie Byatt took part in the Clive Hicks-Jenkins’ Puppet Challenge and then used her puppets to make figures for a box in the nutshell series.

The wolf and the woodcutter
Shellie Byatt

The wolf was made from a flannel – beware the flannel in wolf’s clothing…
The woodcutter’s shirt was ripped, untimely, from an innocent dolly.

A simple, unpainted clay piece by Adrienne Craddock, refers to the Goose Girl or Mother Goose.

Goose girl
Adrienne Craddock

The figures are housed in an old leather jewellery box, much-loved but minus its lid.