Fleece Customers....How are you

[KAM]

Hi Everyone,

I hope all of you are doing well and getting ready to enjoy the holiday season. I am great and enjoying my new life. I hope you all have been able to get the fleece you need and can continue your work. I have not talked with anyone at GA Stage in several weeks so I don't know how the fleece "situation" is at this time.

I would love to hear from you and how you're doing.

All the Best
Kathy
(formerly of GA Stage)

 

[Onath]

oh know I was about to call and ask for you Kathy. To do my first order of antron fleece is there someone that you can suggest asking for at ga state.

onath

 

[KAM]

Onath,

As far as I know Natalie is handling fleece. Let me know how it goes.

Kathy

 

[staceyrebecca]

Quick, slightly off-topic question...Why antron? Tell me why I must conform

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Quick, slightly off-topic question...Why antron? Tell me why I must conform

You don't have to. You can use subquality products like felt or polar fleece if you like. I still do, but antron fleece works beautifully and hides seams seamlessly!

Basically, I think Kathy was posting to those who use antron and not necessarily to those who don't.

Otherwise, you MUST CONFORM! Use the best! You Must---you must---(pretend this is echoing for hypnotic effect)...

By the way, have you ever been to Phoenix Comic-Con (aka Cactus Con)? My friends who work on the Bushi Tales comic book come there. It is the last weekend of January (so far). You can check their work at www.BushiTales.com.

 

[staceyrebecca]

You don't have to. You can use subquality products like felt or polar fleece if you like. I still do, but antron fleece works beautifully and hides seams seamlessly!

Basically, I think Kathy was posting to those who use antron and not necessarily to those who don't.

Otherwise, you MUST CONFORM! Use the best! You Must---you must---(pretend this is echoing for hypnotic effect)...

By the way, have you ever been to Phoenix Comic-Con (aka Cactus Con)? My friends who work on the Bushi Tales comic book come there. It is the last weekend of January (so far). You can check their work at www.BushiTales.com.

Oh I didn't think Kathy was aiming the thread at people who use sub-quality items like myself I was just curious & thought this a good place to ask. I think I'll use up my supply of subpar materials & then maybe try out some antron. Isn't it a bit shinier than the polar fleece? Seems to me like it might glisten... Do you find that your fleece glistens?

And, no, unfortunately(?) I've not been to the Cactus-Con, but I have a good friend who has been a speaker at the event, so I've heard a lot about it.

So as far as URLs go, Bushitales doesn't squish together as well as others, does it? I did read that as something else first, though. Maybe my mind just goes that direction more than most. I'll pass along their non-potty-mouth site to my comic-booky friends (which would pretty much be all of them).

 

[TheCreatureWork]

Hey Kathy!
Nice to see you still pop on here even though your not getting paid
Hope everything is going well and you are doing fine.

For those who are wondering who the contact person is for GA Stage:

Contact person is Natalie. You can reach her at the same phone number (770-931-1600) and the same e-mail address (info@gastage.com).

Just thought you should know...

PS- I think Antron is cheaper than gas now LOL

 

[wes]

Kathy, It great to hear from you. Hope your doing well!

Quick, slightly off-topic question...Why antron? Tell me why I must conform

Cause it looks great and is easy to work with. It also the standard puppet fleece, and the standard was set by the henson folks.

 

[staceyrebecca]

It also the standard puppet fleece, and the standard was set by the henson folks.

Wes, thanks for the input. I actually talked to Heather Henson regarding puppets & fleece, and she said they started making them out of fleece really only because coats were made of that as a trend back in the day. Had that not been the trend, they might have been made of something else, setting a completely different standard.

Still, that doesn't negate the fact that they continue to use it & even then made only one puppet out of a coat. We were dicussing trends & materials when it got brought up.

 

[spcglider]

Wes, thanks for the input. I actually talked to Heather Henson regarding puppets & fleece, and she said they started making them out of fleece really only because coats were made of that as a trend back in the day. Had that not been the trend, they might have been made of something else, setting a completely different standard.

Still, that doesn't negate the fact that they continue to use it & even then made only one puppet out of a coat. We were dicussing trends & materials when it got brought up.

Lets be fair and qualify here:

Antron Fleece is an excellent material for making puppets when you are going for the same sort of finish as that seen on many of the Muppets. And, because the Muppets are probably the world's most recognizable puppets in both character and style, they have the luxury of being the ones who set the standard.

That being the case, many people will desire to acheive the same sort of finish. So Antron Fleece is the material to use. Being that this is MUPPET CENTRAL, you will most likely find an overriding bias towards this standard here.

HOWEVER, if one should desire to create a look that is NOT guided by the design stylings of the Muppets (and please, Lord, let there be puppeteers who DON'T want their stuff to look like the Muppets!), it is well worth the while to investigate as many other building materials as you can.

Personally, I never refer to anything as "substandard" unless it is an example of poor quality within it's own material group. For example, real wool felt is much lovlier to work with than polyester felt. So I will refer to poly felts as substandard. But even they have their uses... and they are often less than half the price of higher quality wool felts.

But one thing that professional puppet builders will always tell you is to explore other materials... don't just accept the obvious. If that was the way to do it, the Muppets would still be made out of old wool peacoats!

-Gordon