Three months back, I took BJ Guyer’s Foam carving class at Stan Winston. At the same time they release on-demand his How to build an Arm-Rod Puppet class. This is a quick result based on this class. Using BJ’s class he provides patterns for hand, skull, body, and mouth plate. He walks through putting all this […]
The Ultimate Nerd-ament with Stanley and JAX! Stanley and JAX are two puppets built and puppeteered by Russ Walko (of Puppet Garage) and Grant Baciocco. These puppets go to conventions and interview cosplayers and celebrities at conventions. For more details check out Nerdament. With Comic Con 2015 San Diego in full swing and news coming out, it […]
My first throwback Thursday is Puppet Productions (1970-2009), but that company is no longer with us. The good news is their designs live on with Frontier Creations™ aka Puppets Inc. This was the creator of my first “professional” puppet. I loved puppets as a kid, loved Sesame Street and the Muppets, and the small independent toy store down […]
If you’re thinking about building puppets, or want some help with some fundamental patterns, there is no better place to start than ProjectPuppet. I and many others got help starting out thanks to the patterns and extras at ProjectPuppet. ProjectPuppet run by its founder Pasha Romanowski as a way to give builders a start. His about […]
One of my first puppets of my own creation shared here is Ms. Fox. Created for my daughter’s talent show. To teach her students singing “What does the fox say?” by Ylvis. Ms. Fox is a teacher made from polar fleece. The head was made using James Kemp’s human head pattern. The pattern became deformed as I added […]
Hope you’ve had a fun safe 4th of July. Enjoy some patriotic puppetry from Mayfair Games online YouTube series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_dhELTcidw Or Enjoy some muppets