Questions Posted by Strawberry-Juice on Sep 06, 2011
I am wanting to know about how to puppetry with puppets like this...
http://www.retrosellers.com/images/sooty.jpg

They have no mouth and no feet so how do you do it?

I would think its all about actions to express things like moving the hands to express if it is shy or sad etc.
However I tried to google for tutorials on these and nothing to be found.
I kinda of think that people don't so much use just these puppets anymore since all I found was about all the other puppets.
If you got something please pass it on to me.
I would love to be able to use just these types of puppets
Re: Questions Posted by Na on Sep 07, 2011
Answered in your other thread; however, I wanted to clarify something:

Sooty is what most people would call a glove puppet, or a hand puppet. It's basically the same as "Punch and Judy". Plenty of people do make them, but by far the tutorials and videos out there on the net are aimed at teaching kids puppetry. Because of this, most tutorials will be extremely simple and will not produce anything of the level of complication/expertise/professionalism that would be required for making Sooty.
Re: Questions Posted by Strawberry-Juice on Sep 07, 2011
Thanks again. I really just was using sooty as a reference to what I was looking for.
I just want to be able to do a glove puppet but most tutorials and videos and things I find are all about the big puppets with rods or mouths that move.
I just want a simple teaching of glove puppets.
The puppeting that went into Sooty is way to complex for me...that there was talent.
So yeah it was just a reference.
I just want to be able to use a glove puppet.
Re: Questions Posted by Na on Sep 07, 2011
Here's a list of glove puppet tutorials:
http://www.schoolofpuppetry.com.au/tutorials.php/free-glove-hand-puppet-patterns-a-list

I didn't post them before because they don't really cover anything that you want, but it may at least provide some good starting points in understanding the methodology behind the glove puppet.

However, as I said, something with a stuffed head is not what I've seen discussed on the net really. Papier mache yes, stuffed heads, no.

Googling "hand puppets" will likely turn up things about puppets with rods or mouths that move because people use hand puppet to refer to muppet-type puppets in order to a) avoid copyright infringement, b) because they tend not to know what the different terms mean, c) "hand puppet" is pretty generic and refers to the way you manipulate something.

Anyway, it doesn't matter why they do it, my point is that if you use a different search term you'll get different results and something more specific to what you're looking for. "Glove puppet patterns" (or even "Punch and Judy") will most definitely turn up things that are more relevant.

The only site I know of that has something with a stuffed head would be this one:
http://www.puppetpatterns.com/elephant%20%20handpuppet.htm
But the patterns are payment-only.

When other regulars turn up, I'm sure they'll have other suggestions.
Re: Questions Posted by Shawn on Sep 07, 2011
It sounds to me like in this thread you are asking how to manipulate the puppet and not just make it. You are right there is not much out there on this subject. Even books on puppetry often simply skim over this puppetry type.

First you need to know the hand position for glove puppets. In the head of the puppet would be your pointer finger (some people also use the index finger along with it) You thumb and pinky go in the arms/hands of the puppet.

My best suggestion is once you get your puppet made put it on your hand and stand in front of the mirror and move it around. Very soon you be coming up with movements and positions that indicate emotions. 
Re: Questions Posted by Puppetainer on Sep 07, 2011
I don't know about videos but there is a book out there that covers glove puppet technique pretty well. Making Puppets Come Alive by Larry Engler and Carol Fijan.
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Puppets-Come-Alive-Puppetry/dp/0486293785/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315413948&sr=1-3
Lots of photos and a fair amount of instruction in performance of this particular type of puppet. I think that Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers Neighborhood) was one of the longest supporters of this style of puppetry in popular media. I'm sure you could easily find some video of the fine work done on that show. Not instructional per se but I've always felt it's good to study the work of artists whose technique you'd like to learn.
Re: Questions Posted by Angel in Tx on Sep 15, 2011
We actually have this book at our local library, one of only a few books on puppetry.  It had some really good information no matter what style of puppetry you are doing.
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