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  1. SJohnson

    Swazzle's New Light Puppets

    Thanks guys. Yes, we were going for a prehistoric look. In fact our story takes place millions of years ago.
  2. SJohnson

    Swazzle's New Light Puppets

    Hey all, Swazzle has been working hard creating our new summer puppet shows. Now the season has started, and I wanted to share with all of you some photos of our new light up puppets from Water Color. The puppets are covered with hundreds of feet of hand stitched electroluminescent wire. I've...
  3. SJohnson

    Swazzle Puppetry Auditions

    Thursday, April 30th, beginning at 10am Swazzle 4525 San Fernando Rd., Unit F Glendale, CA 90035 Swazzle is looking for puppeteers to perform live puppet shows at libraries across Southern California, including Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. These...
  4. SJohnson

    How to start making puppets?

    Check out my puppet building blog, I've got lots of puppet building info and some puppet building tutorials: http://swazzle.com/blogs/2006/03/puppet-building-tutorial-ratchet.html Good luck.
  5. SJohnson

    Team Smithereen

    The March issue of Animation Magazine has a great two page article about Team Smithereen. It's got some great photos - check it out.
  6. SJohnson

    KanYe West and the Creature Shop

    Video of Creature Shop puppet for Kanye West I managed to dig up some amateur video of the monster puppet Jim Henson's Creature Shop made for Kanye West's Glow in the Dark Tour. Patrick and I were part of the small team that built this huge puppet. It was made out of foam and fiberglass, and...
  7. SJohnson

    Team Smithereen

    The puppets are cool - the logo did go through lots of changes before the final design was chosen. :D
  8. SJohnson

    Team Smithereen

    I'm glad you are enjoying the blog - We just watched the first episode, and it is pretty spectacular. A hot mix of puppets, green screen and digital animation. I can't wait for Team Smithereen to be unleashed on the public.
  9. SJohnson

    Team Smithereen

    Yep, Team Smithereen is like "*******" for 8 year olds. Check out the blog for more behind the scenes of the extreme puppet stunts: http://teamsmithereen.blogspot.com/ :crazy:
  10. SJohnson

    Team Smithereen

    New Paintball video Check out this crazy behind the scenes video: http://teamsmithereen.blogspot.com/2008/10/paintball-stunt-behind-scenes-video.html :crazy:
  11. SJohnson

    Team Smithereen

    Hey All, For the last couple of months I've been working on Team Smithereen, a super cool puppet project with Brats of the Lost Nebula creator Dan Clark. As puppet fans, I wanted you all to be the first to get the inside scoop - check out the new Team Smithereen Blog...
  12. SJohnson

    Swazzle 2008 Tour Ending!

    I'm glad you liked the show. All of our touring shows are now one person. It allows us to be more places at once, and book more shows. This year we have four shows out next year we are looking to add a fifth for the San Diego region. Our only two person puppet show now is our school show The...
  13. SJohnson

    Swazzle 2008 Tour Ending!

    We are looking to grow our company, but I don't see an east coast tour in the near future - hopefully we will at some point.:busy:
  14. SJohnson

    Swazzle 2008 Tour Ending!

    Greetings Muppet Central Folks! After nearly 150 puppet shows, the 2008 Swazzle summer tour is drawing to a close. We are entering into our final two weeks, and this may be your last chance to see Space Bugs Alpha and Zeta, The Magical Misadventures of Walnut the Wizard, and Bugsy Brown Private...
  15. SJohnson

    Puppet Up Uncensored Announces Summer Tour Dates

    1/2 price Puppet Up Tickets $15.00 tickets are now available for Puppet Up Uncensored this Saturday at 8:00. This show is a must see - click the link for the half price tickets: https://www.goldstar.com/events/hollywood-ca/the-jim-henson-companys-puppet-up-uncensored.html?p=F545440EP
  16. SJohnson

    PuppetUp Uncensored on 06-21-2008

    Half Price Puppet Up Tickets Get tickets to this Saturday's Puppet Up show in Hollywood for only $15.00. Click here for more info: https://www.goldstar.com/events/hollywood-ca/the-jim-henson-companys-puppet-up-uncensored.html?p=F545440EP Hope you all can make it.:excited:
  17. SJohnson

    Puppet Up Returns this Saturday!

    Puppet Up returns to the Avalon in Hollywood this Saturday! Tell your friends - for those of you that have seen the show, you know how funny it is - for those of you who have not, now is your chance. Go to puppetup.com for all the info. :crazy:
  18. SJohnson

    KanYe West and the Creature Shop

    Anyone seen this: http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=193134_-1__0_~0_-1_4_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281=
  19. SJohnson

    Is This a Good Idea?

    It's hard to slip my hand into dishwashing gloves when they are a little wet, or my hand is a little sweaty so for our shows, where we have lots of quick changes that would not work. I would also imagine that the gloves would come unglued rather easily, and restrict your hand movement. I would...
  20. SJohnson

    How to start making puppets?

    I don't. I use a method called draping to get the pattern and then the fleece or fur is just fitted over the foam. I tack it down with contact cement around the inside of the mouth.
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