Type | Site | Description |
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Artists/Studio/Builder | Alejandro Ramón’s Youppets |
Alejandro Ramón’s site with a blog, patterns, and work. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Creventive Puppet Company |
Creventive Puppet Company is a puppet based in Chicago, IL that offers live educational touring puppet shows, workshops, and fabrication services. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Dallin Blankenship’s The Golden Glue Gun |
Dallin has a blog where he shared his puppet work. In addition he has an etsy site Blankpuppets |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Dan Cook’s Fuzzhead Puppets |
Dan Cook is a puppeteer/puppet-builder with a collection of custom puppets he’s built. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | DLUX Puppets |
DLUX Puppets is professional puppetry theater company for families of all ages. Bay Area puppeteer. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Figurenschneider |
Building custom-made figures: textile puppets are created here after individual specifications or own drafts under the direction of puppet-builder/puppet-player Norman Schneider. Whatever you wish for – Norman Schneider brings it to life. The repertoire covers funny hand puppets, life-size walk acts, portrait-figures with strong character, rod puppets and ventriloquist dummies. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | James Kemp |
A puppet builder and performer with custom puppets and patterns. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Jarrod Boutcher Puppets |
Jarrod Boutcher Puppets build professional puppets created with loving detail. Each puppet is unique and hand made with only the best materials available |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Jonathan’s Furrifingers |
Furrifingers are puppet builders in the UK with a Youtube channel and instagram. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Phil Fletcher Puppets |
Phil Fletcher is a professional puppeteer and puppet builder and performer of multi BAFTA nominated CBBC star Hacker T Dog. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Puppet Kitchen |
A New York studio of designers, performers, builders and directors; our multidisciplinary approach enriches all our work. With monitor days and workshops they help teach and improve the art of puppetry. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Puppetry of Holosite |
My personal site detailing my builds. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Russ Walko’s Puppet Garage |
Russ Walko’s site. Russ Walko is known for his puppeteering and creations can be seen in the puppet episodes of “Community” and “the Simpsons.” and Stan and Jax from the Ultimate Nerdament. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Swazzle |
Swazzle offers live puppet shows for birthday parties, libraries, schools andfull scale touring productions for performing arts centers. They also offer puppet rentals for Ave Q, Little Shop of Horrors, and Shrek. Swazzle can provide a wide variety of professional production services, including: Puppet Design, Puppet Building, Puppeteers, Puppet Directors and more. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Thistledown Puppets |
Thistledown Puppets is a family friendly puppet company dedicated to entertaining and inspiring the child in everyone-and we want to share our love of puppets with you! |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Tom Stewart’s The Creature Works |
The Creature Works is a puppet fabrication and performance company, dedicated in providing the best characters for film, television and commercials. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Troy Picou |
Troy Picou puppeteer and builder. |
Artists/Studio/Builder | Up In Arms |
Up In Arms puppet company prides itself in presenting quality shows in a fun, family musical style. They have a number of puppets, tutorial and shows. |
Blog/News | Blank Puppets |
The Golden Glue Gun blog featuring Dallin (Blanks Puppets) Blankenship’s puppet creations. |
Blog/News | Puppet Vision |
The PuppetVision Blog is all about puppeteers and the art of puppetry. Founded in 2004, its mission to discover and share great puppetry from around the world and across the web. |
Blog/News | Puppeteers Unite |
Established by Tom Stewart a site for news related to the art of puppetry. Directory of builder resources, puppetry links, and tutorials. |
Blog/News | The Ultimate Nerd-ament with Stanley and JAX! |
A blog and video series featuring self professed comic book nerd, Stanley and his best friend, the near sentient robot JAX, were arguing over which superhero superpower was the best and, unable to decide, they decided to have a tournament to find out! A Nerd-ament, if you will! Stanley and JAX got themselves a booth at the Comikazie Expo in Los Angeles and interviewed superhero fans to help them crown the most Superior Superpower of All Time! It’s March Madness meets comic books where the fans decide! It’s The Ultimate Nerd-ament with Stanley and JAX and it only happens on Stan Lee’s World of Heroes! |
Guild/Organization | LA Guild of Puppetry |
Created in 1956, the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry is an association of puppetry professionals, amateurs, enthusiasts and educators dedicated to sharing, promoting and advancing the art of puppetry throughout the Greater Los Angeles area. All you need to join is an interest in puppetry! |
Guild/Organization | Puppeteers of America |
Puppeteers of America is a national non-profit organization founded in 1937 to provide information, encourage performances and build a community of people who celebrate puppet theatre. PofA has produced over 160 national and regional festivals to celebrate and share the art of puppetry. The organization publishes the quarterly magazine, The Puppetry Journal (link to Puppetry Journal). Founded in 1949, The Puppetry Journal provides a continuing chronicle of contemporary puppetry. |
Guild/Organization | SFBAPG (San Francisco Bay Area Puppeteers Guild) |
Our membership includes many full-time professional performers, theatre artists, film- and video-makers and animators, puppet sculptors and builders, plus educators, therapists, dedicated hobbyists, youth, and just plain fans. |
Guild/Organization | The Columbia Association of Puppeteers |
A Chartered Guild of the Puppeteers of America proudly serving Northern Oregon and Southwestern Washington |
Guild/Organization | UNIMA |
The oldest international theatre organisation in the world, the UNion Internationale de la MArionnette (UNIMA) is a Non-Governmental Organization affiliated to UNESCO. |
Social/Forums | Muppet Central |
News and Forums for all things Muppet (Fraggle, Sesame Street included). Also a good resource for News, puppet building, and puppets for sale. |
Social/Forums | Puppet Hub |
A global network for professionals, amateurs, and people who just like puppets. Forum, pictures and more. |
Social/Forums | Puppet Maker’s Workshop on Facebook |
A Facebook community composed of puppet makers helping puppet makers. Creative advice and sharing techniques are welcome here. |
Social/Forums | Puppets And Stuff |
A Community On The Web For Puppeteers where you can find tons of information from the history of puppetry to how to market your own puppet company. They discuss just about everything that is related to puppets and puppet theater with a helpful active base to answer questions. |
Social/Forums | Puppetsmith |
Puppetsmith is a place where puppet builders from all over the world can pool their collective knowledge – to learn, to share, to collaborate, to advise, to experiment, to critique, and to grow in their craft. |
Social/Forums | The BJ Guyer Hand Puppet Design and Fabrication Group on Facebook |
The BJ Guyer Hand Puppet Design and Fabrication Facebook group is a group for students and instructors to communicate and share progress on Stan Winston puppet classes. |
Store | Blank Puppets |
Etsy Shop with Puppets. |
Supplies | American Plume |
Wholesale supplier for feathers. Ostrich feathers. |
Supplies | Bartfeld Textiles |
Australian supplier for Faux Fur, Fur Fabric, Fake Fur, Imitation Fur, Artificial Fur, Pile fabric, Plush. |
Supplies | Big Z Fabric |
Fabrics and Faux fur. |
Supplies | Bob’s Foam Factory |
Bay Area Foam supplier, Dry Fast (white reticulated foam), L200, cut to order. Can cut to pattern. |
Supplies | Califabrics |
Fabrics and Faux Fur |
Supplies | CR’s Crafts |
CR’s Crafts is your source for Doll and Bear supplies. Doll Joins, eyes, and fur. |
Supplies | DeweyStreet Antron Fleece |
Laurie Nickerson’s Esty shop for custom hand died fleece. |
Supplies | Distinctive Fabric |
Fabric and Faux fur. |
Supplies | Equalseal |
Gasket rubber sheets. |
Supplies | Fabric Empire |
Vinyl fabrics, Faux Fur fabrics. Fancy fabrics and materials. |
Supplies | Fabric.com |
Fabric and Faux fur. |
Supplies | Fields Fabrics |
Ultrasuede fabrics and Ultraleather fabrics, and additional fabrics. |
Supplies | Furaddiction & Emma’s Bears |
Bear making and fur fabric. Eyes, Doll Joints, Fur. |
Supplies | Fursuit Supplies |
Fursuit (mascot costume) supplies with everything from quality fur, upholstery foam, eyes and more. |
Supplies | Grainger |
Source for Music Wire, Spring Steel, .078 In, or 3/32 Carbon Steel Tig Welding Rod, and Heat Shrink Tubing for Puppet Arm Rods. |
Supplies | Hairymann’s Closet |
National Fiber Technology’s overrun, clearance, and remnant fur fabrics. |
Supplies | https://weirdkidstore.com/ |
Canadian supplier for specialty materials used for mascot and puppet building. Including Foam, Fur, and Antron Fleece. Also a blog. |
Supplies | I’m Stuffed Fur |
Imported Faux Fur Fabrics. |
Supplies | Kurzwaren Pfister |
German supplier for Fabric and Fur |
Supplies | Lamplight Feather |
USA Supplier of decorative feathers. Ostrich Feather Fringe. |
Supplies | Lincraft |
Australian supplier for fabrics, yarns, craft, sewing, faux fur, haberdashery and home furnishing products |
Supplies | McMaster-Carr |
Cut-to-Length Extension Springs, Tube Teflon PTFE 1/8″ diameter |
Supplies | Mendels |
Quality custom fur. |
Supplies | Mohair Bear Making Supplies Limited |
Faux fur and mohair supplier to the trade and industry, supplier in the UK. |
Supplies | Moonlight Feather |
Offer’s a wide selection of feathers for small & bulk purchase. Peacock, ostrich, pheasant feathers & more. |
Supplies | National Fiber Technology |
National Fiber Technology specializes in the manufacturing of custom made hair, wigs and fur fabrics for the entertainment industry. |
Supplies | NorthEast Stage |
Stage and Theatre Curtains and Stage Rigging : Antron Fleece – Curtains & Backdrops Pipe & Drape Fabrics Track & Rigging Other Products / Kits. Antron (Puppet) Fleece in white (dyeable at home) and flesh. |
Supplies | Out of the Box Puppets |
Specializing in Blacklight Puppets, Blacklight Fabrics, Custom Puppets and hard to find Puppet making supplies. A source for Antron Fleece (Muppet Fleece), comic eyes, half dome eyes, doll joints, patterns and more. |
Supplies | Pinterest Puppet Supplies |
My personal pinboard for Puppet Supplies |
Supplies | Puppet Pie |
Puppet Pie is a puppet building studio in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona. Take puppet building workshops, puppeteering classes, and buy quirky handmade puppets. Supplier for white EVA foam balls (puppet eyes). |
Supplies | Sun Catcher Eyes |
Acrylic craft eyes in a wide variety of sizes, colors, and styles. |
Supplies | Sy Fabrics |
Discount on line fabric retailer. Fleece, chiffon, satins, furs, vinyls, silks, spandex, velvets, suedes, taffeta, wool, velvets, lace, sequins and much more. |
Supplies | The Fabric Exchange |
Fabric online store with a large selection of discount fabrics – organza, burlap, faux fur and apparel fabric. |
Supplies | The Foam Factory |
Supplier for Dryfast (open cell/reticulated) foam, and close cell foam (L200). |
Supplies | World Star Fabric |
Passion Suede Fabric, Solid & Print Anti-pill Fleece, Fabric Sequins, Fabric Solid & Print, Poly Cotton Fabric, Taffeta Fabric, Baby Soft Minky Fabric, Long Pile Faux Fur Fabric and Vinyl |
Training/Tutorial/Patterns | James Kemp |
James sells some of his patterns. |
Training/Tutorial/Patterns | Project Puppet |
Project Puppet offers professional puppet patterns and hard-to-find puppet building materials. View a gallery of puppets created using the Project Puppet Patterns or shop for hand puppet pattern kits and puppet making supplies. |
Training/Tutorial/Patterns | Puppet Building World |
Dennis Regling of Possum Woods Puppets has a great site at www.puppetbuildingworld.com. Patterns, Tutorials, Puppets for Sale, tools and materials. |
Training/Tutorial/Patterns | Puppet Kitchen Tutorial |
Puppet Kitchen’s puppet pattern shared on Instructables. |
Training/Tutorial/Patterns | Youppets Patterns |
Alejandro Ramón’s patterns shared for public use |
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