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It walks you through the process of designing and patterning a puppet and takes you to the point where you can cut and assemble foam pieces. It's actually been a few years since I watched it, but from what I recall Dave's method involves sculpting the puppet's head, then draping that sculpture...

I understand your disappointment, but I think you're making a lot of (false) assumptions. It makes a lot of sense that there were puppeteers who already have TV experience there for the simple reason that they're very, very good. Don't forget that each and every one of them would love an...

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...

I think most puppeteers encounter that. A lot of people just have a limited perception of what puppetry is/can be. I have to disagree about birthday party shows though. It's in no way the same as working in fast food and that comparison could be very insulting to performers who make their...

...another week, another Weekly Puppetry News Round-Up!

I finally got back to posting Weekly News Round-Ups last week. You can find them on at my site's new URL... http://puppetvisionmovie.com/2014/01/weekly-puppetry-news-round-up-back-online-edition-2/

Very cool! Have you considered using Blender instead of Lightwave? There are a ton of tutorials available for doing 3D printing with Blender and it's free.

My last post was poorly phrased. I wasn't taking a shot at your puppetry skills and I'm sorry if it was read that way. I was really making a more general comment about technical issues.

I have no inside knowledge of how they cast characters on Sesame, but I agree that it's very unlikely they would hand off a well established character to someone who just walked in the door. They have a very deep, very experienced pool of performers on the show - and many of them just do...

Sorry about that! The blog is going to be down for a couple weeks because I am completely redeveloping it and moving it to a new server. It's been around a long time (almost 10 years) and needs a lot of back-end clean and improvements. It will be back online January 20th. In the meantime...

Good advice from Terrence Burke (who's a member here on MC I believe)... Terrence posted this on Facebook and I think this is very good advice for anyone who aspires to be a puppeteer. Especially joining Puppeteers of America. They are having regional festivals in every part of the United...

Normally I would agree, but for what Jose is doing 1/4" is actually ideal for covering a basic structure, especially because of weight considerations. A lot of builders will build a basic structure using L200 foam (or something similar) and then cover it with 1/4" foam to get more shapes or...

I have links to free (and paid) patterns here: http://puppetvision.info/puppet-building-patterns Hoping to add some more if I have time over the holidays!

I forgot to mention earlier that there was a thread about making a large tree (more of a stage rather than a puppet) a few years ago: http://www.muppetcentral.com/forum/threads/making-a-large-tree-puppet.56584/ For some reason, the forum's search is awful and doesn't seem to properly index...

The Foam Book doesn't cover giant puppets. Not sure how a shoulder harness would work, but the best way to do something this big is probably to use a metal frame back pack. For a 10'0 tall puppet you're going to need to use extremely lightweight materials. I would build the central "core" of...

The latest Puppetry News Round-Up is truly global. How global is it? Well, I've got a story from Antarctica! (hint: it involves Muppets) http://puppetvision.info/2013/11/weekly-puppetry-news-round-up-one-of-a-kind-edition.html

I don't know if this helps or not, but I have a few free patterns available on my blog. Something that is a very good investment is the "From Sketch to Show Volume 1" DVD from Playsoup that explains a good method for making patterns. That way instead of spending $25+ on a single pattern, for...

Here's this week's round-up, just a little belated posting this! http://puppetvision.info/2013/11/weekly-news-round-up-november-16th-edition.html

Chris, those are great. I especially like the dog and the Chris Thatcher puppet. Please keep sharing your custom work!

Another installment of the Weekly Puppetry News Round-Up...this one is the biggest yet! http://t.co/4vX4QNOr7p