Hello everyone! This is my first post so be kind. I was just wondering if I could get some advice on my puppetry. I have just started getting intodoing my own puppetry after a life long…

I'm going to start a new thread called "Vents 101" with hopes that we can attract some vent builders to help us with tips and techniques in building ventriloquist figures. I think this…

I want to make a simple hand mechanism for some of my rod puppets but I keep getting problems left and right.I want to control the finger of the rod puppet like the way the Muppets did in the Dark…

Hi Everyone,this is Olaf in progress. Hopefully he will turn out as I had envisioned him. I am trying to, decide on a breast plate. i thought about craft foam, leather,  not sure which way I will…

Hi Guys. Some of you might be wanting to build sets for your productions. I found rocks were a  little tricky to figure out to do cheaply, effectively, and to store well, when I  first…

Knowing many of us look for ways to supplement our income (and pay for our puppet habit) I though I would post this link. I have several friends that do this, and they are getting paid.  BTW, it…

Hey everybody. Just thought I'd share a little about a new project I'm working on called "Sally the Sea Star" It is based on the book written by Kathy Steel. We discussed some of the…

Center for Puppetry Arts offers a variety of workshops and now they are also going to start offering some of them as Webinars for those who are not in their area.Just one example is a workshop led by…

Stumbled on this earlier today.  Fun and frivolity abound!http://io9.com/5921611/jim-henson-improvising-on-the-set-of-the-muppet-movie-was-pure-magic/gallery/2

I've been blogging about puppets:http://ellyspuppetblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/g-rain-wood-faire.htmlAlso, I reviewed a puppet: