Started to make a new character; Little Steve.He is going to be a guitarplaying marionette with moving eyes, mouth, and righthand fingers. The whole idea should be getting it's form by using as…

I'm starting a new project and I really need some experienced advice on heavy duty sewing machines. I'm not looking for anything fancy (or expensive), but I need something that can handle…

At a library 30 years ago I bought Edith Flack Ackley's book "Marionettes" 1929. The patterns were missing, so the book went unused. In April last I picked it up again. I don't…

Wondered if anyone used 3d printing to make puppet, in particular marionette, parts? Someone pointed out a startup company that was making one for 300USD, shipping next march which is a big reduction…

I sculpted the dragon in clay first then made a latex skin and now I'm trying to rig it to move.Here's the latest video:Blinking Dragon Eyes

I know most of you don't deal with pattern sales online, but recently I've been having a moral quandary and would like some opinions on the issue.The short version:What happens when a…

The forum has lots of great videos and talk about puppets, so I thought I'd join and share. I've got a baby dragon puppet in the works right now, it's slow going but I'm getting…

Hi all. I'm building my first puppet. So far I got the skull done. It's based on the pinhead pattern but I used the fabric pattern of the head as the pattern for the skull. I had to enlarge…

I can't remember if we have posted about this site before or not but I got an email from Cindy over at http://fancyfeather.com who had noticed that folks had asked about feathers before and she…

i am dreaming up a flamenco act. i plan to make a couple of sets of tandem performers 2 dancers and 2 musicians. i would like to try using a vertical control for the tandem sets. can that work?