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Hey everyone, i know this is a topic that has been through the ringer here once already, but as i tried to find the thread about it.....i couldn't. So please give me tips, hints, links, to how to sew the head fabric to the mouth fabric. I have tried many times, i have followed directions to...

just an update on the super 77 test. I tried using it to glue foam together to make a puppet, but the head assembly and the body, but the glue didn't hold well. In fact i have to re-glue them. I will use Weldwood contact cement by DAP. it works great. But takes more time than the spray.

i really like your puppet. It's creative. It also looks like it's been made well. Great job.

Buck and others, thanks for the clarification on the mouth problem with my puppets. I agree. The girl was my first puppet ever, and the mouth plate construction is somewhat from my own design, because I didn't have the meterials or the brain power to understand what in the world OWS was...

Dagger, I feel your pain man! I do a lot of public speaking. Imagine preaching a 20 minute sermon, but 5 mins into it you forget what comes next....it's hard to recover from. You worked so hard on it. you wrote it, you memorized it, you practiced it and had all kinds of powerful motions...

Thanks for the last post on the OWS pattern, i agree with everything you said about the pattern being decent but they make the mouth hinge and sewing part sound like rocket science. Let me ask you...is all of this negative talk about OWS and the "uneven" look of the mouths discussion based...

I see the expert puppet builder has generated quite a bit of discussion the last few day. I would just like to share my first two puppets with everyone...i am a "newbie" puppet builder and i kind of used a one way street pattern...but i didn't care for it. I ditched it and adapted some things...

Alright, i have made several posts to this forum and have never shown my work. Well, here it is. Please, feedback is welcomed and desired. http://www.geocities.com/vicaryahnke enjoy

hey, great idea larry, except i don't have a server or any server space to post a picture on...i saw some link once to a "photo trail" or something like that where people can post pics for free. does anyone know what i am talking about. if you do please let me know so i can post some pics of...

scarrylarry, i was reading an interview with henson, i believe it was on this website..or maybe is was in a book about him...anyway...he said it was a nightmare re-creating puppets. He had the same challanges you did. He said everytime they would re-create a character it woul look a little...

I have used super 77 before. They stuff seamed to work with foam, but i had little trouble getting the foam to stay glued to the mouth plates. The spray it 5 times faster than the DAP weldwood contact cement, and i can breath after using it as well. It's good, but if you are concerned about...

Ok, i have heard alot about ALP's creating custom puppets video. I really want to watch it. I could sing you the sad story about finances and cash flow, but you all know it too well so i'll spare everyone...the point being the price is pretty steep and i want to ask if anyone has bought the...

FISH'N'WOLFE- what does it mean when you say you build professionally? How do you get into that. I am in a career path right now that might lead to some substancial "down time" or maybe even a switch. Art is a passion of mine and building puppets would be a dream. Do you have to have...

this might sound insane, but i use my wood carving knife to cut my foam and i use 1" thick foam. THe knife is VERY sharp yet I can easily control it because I am used to using it from wood carving. It give you nice, even, clean edges, scissors might give you clean edges, but i find it...

Buck, what are your other sites?? I read alot of your posts and i respect your opinions. I would love to see your other sites. I have looked at bear town and i was anxious to see more of it, then the unfortunate crash came, so best of luck getting that up and running. You are doing us all a...

Yeah, i have been insterested in puppets for years. There was a church group that performed puppetry when i lived in WI, i took a pamplet from their group. For two years i held onto it. I never did anything with it. However, one day i decided i was going to finally make a puppet. I got a...

Thanks for all of your posts, i check this thread a few times a day just to read up on any new advice...thanks. Maybe i should clearify a few things. I said i was looking to make a monster puppet similar to elmo and grover... ok here is the deal... my niece loves elmo. I love making...

pattern is there an easier way to come up with a pattern besides trial and error? Like i said, time and money are limited?

Thanks for the fast replies!!! Dpupp- i understand how you do it the way you do, and i am sure it works great, but there are two things keeping me from doing it that way- 1.) cost of foam 2.) time----but maybe i will reconsider it later if nothing else works. Thank you very much for your...

Perhaps you, who have have built several puppets are just very talented,can help me out. I love making puppets even more than i like performing them. however, the only pattern i have is for a human puppet. I want to make a monster puppet, like grover, elmo, etc. I am trying to come up with a...