I have been looking for good patterns that are free. Preferably people. But if you have animals that is fine with me. Thanks for your help.

Welcome to Puppets and Stuff  While I'm not the marionette expert around here I did come up with a few links you may or may not find interesting.

http://www.puppetsandstuff.com/community/index.php?topic=4040.msg36127

ttp://www.expertvillage.com/tag/marionettes.htm

http://marionette-maker.blogspot.com/2009/03/dancing-skeleton-marionette-wooden.html

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make_a_Bird_Marionette/

http://www.ehow.com/how_4896926_marionette-puppet.html

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/05/how_to_make_a_pinocchio_m.html

http://home.att.net/~puppetparts/puppets.htm

http://ravensblight.com/1PuppetINST.pdf

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/03/the-secrets-of-making-marionettes/

I would look on EBay and amazon for some good marionette books. Here is a free book on Trick Marionettes.

http://puppetnet.com/trick_marionettes

Billy D.

Hi.  thanks Billy.D, I found just the right instructions I was looking for!

   to P&S! As you could see, you will find professional and kind and great people that will help you to grow in this exiting field. Enjoy!

Billy, you are so ressourcefull. It is truly impressive the amount of info you can give in one single response!What would we do without you, I have no idea LOL

These are some great links,Thanks Billy

Thanks everyone.............. it is quite easy but has took many hours of searching on the internet to  learn the skill. The success to a good search is using the right key words in the search box. Just by changing one word can give you a different result. It takes patience to.

Billy D.

Our very own Billipedia.....and Shawn didn't have to program him into this site.....he fits into the site without any conflict with other programs......thanks Billy.

BTW welcome to Puppets and Stuff we look forward to seeing any pictures of your work as you finish.

Daryl H