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I know, I know the title of thread promises a lot, but I am really serious. If anybody struggles to build better, original (i.e. not from a stock pattern...not that there's anything wrong with stock patterns) puppets Check out this post from John K's blog about construction in drawing &...

If anyone has ever wanted to make their own "Peepers" or "Oobi-stye" puppet practice eyes there is a new tutorial on PuppetBuilding.com explaining how to make puppet practice eyes. Enjoy!

There's a new puppet building tutorial up on PuppetBuilding.com today...how to make a rod puppet from a tennis ball. It's a really simple, but clever puppet making idea that was submitted to the site by Andrew Moore.

I was thinking what with most people recording videos of their puppets these days there must be a lot of funny gag/outtake reels of mistakes that don't make "the final cut" so why not a thread where everyone can share them? Here's some bloopers from my 2004 Bear Town web series. Does...

Hi everyone, There's a new tutorial up on PuppetBuilding.com that explains how to build a simple animatronic or cable controlled hand using everyday items. The tutorial was originally written by Bard Lund Johansen and includes a lot of photos and a couple videos. If anybody has ever wanted to...

Hi all, I've just finished an pretty major update to PuppetBuilding.com, giving it a new look and improving a number of things on the backend to help it run smoother. Among the changes is a new Video Tutorial section where I'm putting various puppet building tutorials from YouTube and...

This is pretty cool...Gary Friedman has recently put up some videos on YouTube from the course in Film & Video Puppetry that Jim Henson taught the Institute International de la Marionnette in France in 1987 (Gary was one of the students there). I've posted a quick rundown of the videos on...

I just posted some neat scans of puppet designs by Hansjürgen Fettig from his amazing book Glove And Rod Puppets: A Handbook of Design and Technique: http://puppetbuilding.com/hand--rod-puppets/glove-and-rod-puppets-by-hansjurgen-fettig.html I think we've discussed Fettig's books on the...

Hey all, Anybody else notice that the number of puppeteers doing video podcasts lately has been exploding? As some of you no doubt already know every Wednesday I do a weekly "round up" of new episodes of puppet podcasts in my PuppetVision Blog. What I think is really impressive is not just the...

I just wanted to post a quick note to say that after a two month hiatus PuppetBuilding.com is being regularly updated again. It probably won't be daily right now because I am really busy, but I do plan to post 2-3 new things each week.

Has anybody else seen this on Sean Johnson's blog? http://swazzle.com/blogs/2007/09/frog-dissection.html

Hi all, a builder named Michelle in the UK recently finished a beautiful marionette that she made by studying human anatomy. It's very flexible and really nice work; she supplied some great photos of it and I've done a write up on PuppetBuilding.com explaining how she created it -...

This isn't exactly new, but I don't think it's been posted here before so I thought I would mention it...I've just posted a tutorial on PuppetBuilding.com for Cowboy Cactus puppets by Amy Harder, who runs the Puppetry Lab site. It's a fun idea; they're made from Foam Noodles (the ones you buy to...

Check out this Puppet Up! sketch. It's not so much that the sketch itself is funny, but that they bring an member of the audience on stage to perform a puppet and Brian Henson's puppet has quite a bit of fun teasing the audience member's puppet about her technical mistakes. I think most people...

Hi all, I just added a tutorial and free pattern for Talking Lips to PuppetBuilding.com. This is a really simple puppet, but kind of fun to make. I made up the pattern up quickly last week to help out a church that needed to make a bunch of these for a Father's Day show. They were kind enough...

Hi everyone, I am testing out a new service on PuppetBuilding.com - free classified ads for anyone looking to buy or sell puppets. I am still testing this out and adding features, but soon it will be set up so that if, for example, someone is searching PuppetBuilding.com for hand and rod...

I've updated my Puppet Building Resources article with a few new resources. I think most people on here have seen it before, but for anyone who hasn't it's a "quick start" guide for anyone looking for a lot of good puppet building resources. The article is staying online, but this will likely...

I am surprised no one has mentioned this here yet, but Project Puppet has a new "Melonhead" puppet pattern that's part of their simple series. It looks pretty good!

Take a look at this adorable looking Ludo puppet that was made by a puppet builder named Carey MacDonald. I think Labyrinth fans will love it!

Hi everyone, I am relaunching PuppetBuilding.com this week and I'm adding a lot more features so it's much easier for people to submit content and use it to promote themselves and their work. One of the new features is an international Puppet Builder Directory. If you'd like to be included...