Puppets teach in the shadows

Updated August 29 2012 - 10:03am, first published 4:32am
SHADOW ART: Cowaramup Primary School’s year 4 students Jye Connachan and Ella Marshall, have a closer look at Sumardi’s shadow puppets, some more than 100 years old.
SHADOW ART: Cowaramup Primary School’s year 4 students Jye Connachan and Ella Marshall, have a closer look at Sumardi’s shadow puppets, some more than 100 years old.

STUDENTS at Cowaramup Primary School and Margaret River Senior High School were fascinated on Friday to see both sides of an ancient art when Indonesian shadow puppet master Pak Sumardi visited.