
Shawn Sorrell
I am the owner of Puppets and Stuff. I created the site back in 2000 as a resource for puppets and it has changed quite a bit over the years. The change in November of 2019 was a big one and I hope you'll all bear with me as I redevelop the site. I started as a puppeteer back when I was a kid. I had some store made puppets but wanted more unique characters so I started making my own. Back then there where not a lot of resources out there and what you could find was mainly in book form at the library. So that is what I did I checked out books and read them to teach my self how it was done. After I graduated from high school I was lucky enough to get a summer job with La Famille Marionettes as a summer gig at our local theme park. That developed into an apprenticeship of sorts with Dolores Hadley the owner of the company. I would work with her during the winter building the show for the next summer. I struck out on my own for a while traveling around the country doing shows at Renaissance festivals but eventually ended up back in Kansas City and started working with Stone Lion Puppet Theatre as their master puppeteer. I've gotten away from puppetry in the last 15 years and now work primarily in the theater wardrobe industry. I still maintain this site for other puppeteers and from time to time consult or work on special puppet projects. Offline - Last Online 8/1/22
Member Since 8/31/03
150 Community Points
Personal Links
Badges
Recent Discussions/Comments
- New Features! on Feb 14, 2021
- Welcome New Members on Jan 8, 2021
- Site Updates on Dec 29, 2019
- Blue Boy Pattern on Nov 23, 2019
- Shawn Sorrell Site Owner on Nov 11, 2019
- RE: Reducing Puppeteers on Jan 11, 2022
- RE: Happy Holidays on Dec 24, 2021
- RE: Flexible 3d-printed puppet head bases on Dec 16, 2021
- RE: Halloween project - RC controlled bird puppet on Dec 16, 2021
- RE: Critique my Puppet designs! on Dec 16, 2021
Last 10 Archive Post
- Reply To: Just got into puppets on Nov 09, 2019
- Reply To: The Science of Puppetry on Nov 05, 2019
- Reply To: Hello everyone ! on Oct 17, 2019
- Reply To: Does Cookie monster have a cranium ? on Oct 17, 2019
- Started Topic: November Site Migration on Sep 17, 2019
- Reply To: Wolf puppet on Sep 14, 2019
- Reply To: Blinking eye mechanism on a wearable mask? on Jul 30, 2019
- Reply To: Holger's Kochsendung! (Deutsch Project for my class) on Jun 14, 2019
- Reply To: Marionette control wood substitute on Jun 13, 2019
- Reply To: Free video tutorial - how to build a Snow Leopard hand puppet on May 29, 2019