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Some details were announced today of upcoming auditions for a new puppeteer diversity training initiative the Jim Henson Company; essentially they are holding auditions for an eight week training program that seems to aimed at increasing cultural diversity in their pool of performers. This is...

I mentioned this on another thread, but I'm clearing out the studio space I've been using. While cleaning up I found 2 cut yards of undyed, original Antron fleece (this is the fleece that was discontinued around 10 years ago). The piece measures approx. 72 inches x 60 inches (it's actually a...

Hi all, I'm closing down the studio space I've used for the last two years this week and while cleaning out some boxes found some duplicate puppet building DVDs I had forgotten about. They are: From Sketch To Show: The Complete Series (Vol. 1-3) Building Life-Like Puppets With Noreen Young...

I'm working a video about Kermit the Frog and the influence Kermit and many of the classic Muppet characters have had on puppet design. I wanted to show examples from different artists, so if you've made a "Kermit-like" puppet (for example, just about any puppet made with Project Puppet's...

Just posted this to my blog, Japanese special effects master Koichi Kawakita who led the team that created the creatures and special FX for many of the Godzilla movies has passed away. http://puppetvisionmovie.com/2014/12/remembering-koichi-kawakita-1942-2014/

Has anyone else seen the Japanese series Sherlock Gakuen online? It's a new TV series on the Japanese network NHK that's a bit like Young Sherlock Holmes with Holmes and Watson as students at a London boarding school. The puppets in the series are built & performed by Japan's Studio Nova...

Does anyone know of Sesame Street storybooks from the 1970s that have illustrations of the Sesame Street set (123 Sesame, Hooper's Store, etc.). Specifically, I'm thinking of books that were illustrated by artists like Michael J. Smollin and Jack Davis. I know at least a few portions of it were...

I really love this - it helps that it's from one of my favourite animated movies - an Iron Giant giant puppet from International Cosplay Day in Singapore.

The news about Robin Williams death is terribly sad. I realized today how much work he had done with Sesame Street and the Muppets over the years. I know the recent Sesame clip of him with the Two Headed Monster has been shared everywhere, but I also came across a clip of him on the Irish show...

I wanted to share this post I just did on my blog about the role the Muppet Movie - and the Muppets in general - played in popularizing all those end credit scenes and post-credit scenes that we see all the time now in movies like The Avengers or Captain America: The Winter Soldier...

Sad new...Teddy Ruxpin creator and animatronics pioneer Ken Forsse has passed away - http://puppetvisionmovie.com/2014/03/teddy-ruxpin-creator-ken-forsse/ Few people know that Ken actually started out building puppets and Teddy Ruxpin was always intended to be a live action puppet show.

Saw this online and thought someone here who lives in PA might be interested...Sesame Place is accepting applications from puppeteers. The job doesn't pay terribly well, but if you're looking to get started as a professional puppeteer or always dreamed of playing with Muppets this might be a...

Some highlights from the Skipton International Puppetry Festival, a really wonderful puppetry festival in England --> http://puppetvision.info/2013/10/skipton-international-puppet-festival-highlights.html

Every weekend I post a round up on my blog, PuppetVision, that highlights news stories about puppetry from around the world. I also try to include professional workshops, job opportunities, calls for entry and lots of news about puppet festivals. If you're curious about what's going on in...

A long, long time ago I had written a Guide to Online Puppet Building Resources. This was somewhat popular, but the web site that hosted it has been defunct for a few years. I still get a lot of requests for the article and some of the materials it featured so I've been working on adding them...

I was curious to know if anyone here in the forum is going to the 2013 Puppeteers of America National Festival that is happening next week near Philadelphia? Even if you're not able to register for the full festival, if you live in or near Philadelphia, there are some amazing shows, workshops...

This is not technically a Henson Co. production (moderators feel free to move this somewhere more appropriate if you like), but it is a Henson/Froud production so I thought I would post it here. Heather Henson's Ibex Puppetry has just announced that the next film in The Handmade Puppet Dreams...

I know the subject of making double "Ping Pong Ball" eyes (similar to the Muppets) comes up here a lot, so I thought I would mention that the puppetry company that I have worked with for the past few years is cleaning out and condensing their storage and getting rid of several sets of these...

The puppetry studio I work with is selling a Master Replicas Limited Edition Gonzo Photo Replica that we have had in storage. These were produced in a limited edition of 2500 in 2008 as part of a series that also included Animal and Kermit: We originally purchased this from a local...

The puppetry studio I work with is clearing out its storage space and getting rid of a lot of materials and equipment that are no longer used or needed. One of the items that will be sold is a small vacu-forming machine that can be used to make puppet eyes and even hand grips that can be mounted...