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There's a new site called Puppetry Lab for anybody who hasn't seen it already (I mention it on my blog a week or two ago and I saw it on Puppet Buzz recently). Lots of good manipulation tutorials, including some with video. They are starting to go a little beyond the basic eye focus/lip sync...

I got this via email and thought some people in the NYC area might be interested: THE PUPPETRY ARTS THEATRE of New York is seeking Puppet Builders for its new musical IN A ROUND ABOUT WAY. This fully orchestrated show involves body and hand puppets. We are seeking some one familiar with...

Hey guys, Remember the videos of the giant marionette in Iceland on YouTube awhile back? (I think there was an old thread, but I couldn't find it) Well, I got a ton of emails about it via my blog, did some digging and found out how it was done (and who did it) - very little CG and a lot...

I thought it would be a good idea to start a new thread listing all the different MC members who have puppetry blogs. The number has just exploded in the past year or two and with a lot of new people on the board I thought it would be a good idea for everyone to post a link to theirs along with...

Not sure if everyone knows this or not, but puppeteer Jim Napolitano and Muppet-performer Tim Lagasse have a weekly puppetry podcast called The Rag (show) where they spoof politics and current events using a style of puppetry they call “Wayang Zerox”. The latest episode (October 4, 2006) has...

I'm curious to get people's thoughts on Christian puppetry. I recently posted my own thoughts about it on my PuppetVision Blog and was surprised at the response (there are links within the posts to a couple other blogs talking about Christian puppetry in the last few days). I really don't...

This is for all of you in/near Toronto, next week there is what sounds like a cool puppet event going on called the Human River Walk and Art Show on Oct. 15th to celebrate Garrison Creek, the buried river that flows underneath Toronto (walk around the west end of the city between Bathurst and...

Over the past year I've trying to reinvent the way I make mouthplates to make them as comfortable and flexible as possible (I'll post some pics online of what I've come up with when I'm done the project I'm working on right now). Over the summer I met a few people who had built puppets from...

I think this came up awhile ago in an old thread, but I couldn't find it...someone was looking for those cable-controlled face masks that ventriloquists use to turn people in to "dummies". I've got a link to a place that has them for sale if anyone is still looking -...

Hi all, This is a little last minute, but one of the things I am doing for PuppetBuilding.com is a video podcast about puppet building. Not sure if it will be weekly, biweekly or monthly (it kind of depends on my time) but I am taping the first installment either tomorrow night (Thursday) or...

From Variety, an article about the new French version of the Muppet Show - http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117950189?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2565

Hi everyone, Just wanted to point out a new article in the Puppet Building Blog some of you may find helpful, it deals with puppet design and I've included some helpful design resources.

Hey guys, PuppetBuilding.com is a new site that has the humble little goal of collecting virtually everything you could ever know about building puppets - everything from foam puppets to animatronics to puppet crafts for kids - all in one place. At the moment it's divided in to two main...

I know the subject of recording audio for puppetry comes up a lot, so I've posted some helpful links in my blog tonight - http://puppetvision.blogspot.com/2006/09/working-with-microphones.html If anyone else has good resources for recording, please share!

Anyone looking for puppet building experience in or around NYC may be interested in this: Puppets, Puppeteers, Puppetry! Interns needed to aid in puppet construction for Basil Twist's recent commission for the opera Hansel and Gretel. We are looking for reliable interns for September...

I've been offline for awhile, so I'm sorry if this has already been posted elsewhere, but Kevin Clash is doing a series of appearances next month (presumably, with Elmo in tow) to promote his new book "My Life As A Furry Red Monster". Here's the schedule: Appearances 9/9/2006 - 11:00AM...

YouTube has recently changed it's terms of service so that they effectively own and can sell most of the rights associated with videos uploaded to their sites. This could be a huge problem for indie artists like the creators of puppet web series, of which I know there are a few here. If you'd...

Hi everyone, I recently posted links to a few public service announcements with puppets from Concerned Children's Advertisers, a Canadian industry association, in my blog. They are all from the 1990s and if you're from Canada you'll probably recognize a few of them...

I saw this on About.com and thought it might be useful to some people here, a free bunny ear pattern - http://sewing.about.com/library/weekly/nbunnyear.htm Directions for making it can be found here. It's meant to be used for a costume, but of course it works for puppets too! They are...

Hi all, This is kind of last minute, but Heather Henson's mini-festival of puppet film and video, Handmade Puppet Dreams is in Atlanta tonight (June 10) at the Centre for Puppetry Arts. A bunch of fantastic puppet films and videos will be shown, including two unaired Muppet pilots. I've...