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There are a lot of old threads on here about eyebrow and eyelid mechanisms, or "mechs" (try doing some searches, you should find tons of good stuff). One of the recent threads can be found here. I have Pinterest Board where I've collected some puppet building resources that might help you...

I've always liked to use wood or another rigid material for larger mouths (like Ernie's). Flexible materials work best for mouth plates that are about the size of hand. If they are much bigger than that, you will start to notice that they "droop" a bit. The material you use for a mouth can...

So terribly sad, but wow what a contribution she made to the world. I wrote a tribute on my blog - http://puppetvision.info/2013/04/thank-you-jane-henson-1933-2013.html There have been some wonderful stories and memories shared on Facebook and Twitter by those that knew her.

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...

Well, you're right, copyright holders and their agents are allowed to make takedown requests, so presumably a distributor ordering Sesame content taken down is acting as an agent of Sesame workshop. The whole take down process is really screwed up. :crazy: There are thousands of examples of...

Sesame Workshop is the content owner, so they are the only ones who can legally make a takedown request. I have no first hand knowledge of the situation, but generally speaking companies tend to get more aggressive about takedowns and piracy when it causes direct conflict with their business...

The problem with fair use is that it is an affirmative defense, which means that it is up to the person using the copyrighted content to prove it's not infringement. There is no "innocent until proven guilty".

It's very possible that take downs of full length DVDs have something to do with the contract between the distributor and Sesame Workshop. Putting it up in parts - as I understand it anyway - just means it is less likely to be flagged by YouTube's automated content identification system. If the...

I've had that mug since I was five or six. I had no idea it was rare.

I'm doing an animation project involving a lot of Muppet merchandise right now...would anyone who has this be willing to do a high-res scan of the box and email it to me? I'm thinking of making a 3D model of the box & cereal.

Finding good faux fur here has gotten more and more difficult with every passing year. A few years ago when I was working on a film in Toronto an Assistant spent one very long day driving literally all over Southern Ontario trying to track down some specific types of fur. It can be very...

They really are some of the best affordable puppets you can find. They are produced for the mass market (Axtell puppets are completely different and intended for professional puppeteers and serious amateur Ventriloquists) but I think you'd be hard pressed to find better puppets in the same price...

TheCreatureWork may have more direct knowledge of the situation than I do, but years ago when the fleece was changed I was told that the issue was that the original fibre isn't produced any more. The Mills or Mill that produce the fleece would love to make the old stuff, but because there isn't...

I think the desire to speculate on something like this is quite natural, but a few of the posts above could be misinterpreted as being insensitive to the family and situation, especially given the circumstances (although I am sure they were innocently intended). I think MrBloogarFoobly's...

There is a good DVD on this subject, Sketch To Show Vol. 3: Building Mechanisms. Here's a preview: Another good resource is the book Figure Making Can Be Fun?!? which is written with Vent Figure construction, but most of its instructions and information about puppet mechanisms can be...

This is very sad news. Some people may not realize the importance of Jane Henson, not only to the Muppets (especially in their early years), but beyond that her many contributions to puppetry in general. Someone has started a Jane Henson Appreciation Page on Facebook.

Don't use hot glue for something like this. It does have it uses, but from the picture(s) you posted it looks like that is your problem. You can try carefully reheating the glue (use a hair dryer) to separate the fabric from the mouth plate or cutting it to separate it, but in all likelyhood if...

There are old threads discussing this in depth here on the forum if you do some searching. The best method I have found is to machine sew the mouth to the rest of the puppet's head and then after it has been sewn in, glue the mouth to the rest of the mouth plate/palette. This will give you a...

I finally found the time to put the Puppet Pricing Calculator back up on the web with instructions. You can now download it directly from my PuppetVision web site.