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Usually when a joint does that it's because a tendon or ligament is moving, gas is being released from your synovial fluid (basically the lubricant in your wrist) or you have Arthritis. I am not a doctor, but as I understand it, in the case of the first two if you have no pain or discomfort it's...

You can definitely score nice fur off throws, rugs, old coats and those sorts of things for free or cheap...and sometimes you can get really nice luxury fur really cheap, especially if it's an end or part of a clearance sale. I was speaking generally about fur you buy by the roll. Here's a...

Likewise, sorry to hear you've broken your arm! My younger brother is a professional guitarist and broke his good arm snowboarding a few years ago. He followed all of his doctor's instructions and now it's good as new and doesn't seem to have any side effects. Of course he was relatively young...

Another fun material to use is adhesive felt (that may not be it's proper name). They sell it through Astronomy supply stores and you can usually source it online.

I have to say that I have only shopped at Jo-Anne's a few times in Texas (when I lived in Mexico), but generally speaking almost any fur that costs less than $20/yard is not terribly good. I'm not saying you can't/shouldn't use it, just that the quality is not nearly what you get when you spend...

The Project Puppet patterns are fantastic if you're looking to learn how to build a puppet in a simple, straight forward way. If you want to learn how to make your own patterns and build characters from your own designs the Playsoup videos are the way to go.

I can see D'Snowth's point that it's not the most impressive puppet Jarrod has ever built, but it is certainly still a very nice looking character. And a simple look is deceptively difficult to pull off, as most of us know.

I just tilt the angle of the blade I cut at to 45º. Have you tried using a band saw? Depending on the shape of the pieces it could work quite nicely.

My solution to this problem is...work with female puppeteers! :p (I know, I'm absolutely no help)

I'm not sure, but I did something once where a puppet drank water from a glass. The glass was a special prop that was clear, with a coloured rim. There wasn't any actual liquid in the glass, but the glass itself had two layers of glass and water in between. To the audience it looked like a...

I like the way the show is shot; the editing is really well done. This could be a new genre "caffeinated puppetry". I don't see the need to get snappy and defensive with Practice Bob, especially if the puppetry is intentionally bad as you say.

I think there are at least ten in the series so far. I've been writing about them on my blog: http://www.puppetvision.info/2009/05/kobe-and-lebron-nike-puppet-ad.html http://www.puppetvision.info/2009/05/more-lebron-and-kobe-puppet-ads.html...

Yeah, that is going to be a challenge if you haven't built anything like that before. I'm not sure if there are any ready made patterns that will work for something like that. I'm actually running an online course right now where we go through the process of how to building puppets from almost...

I'm sure the course will be run again, although I can't say when. I'm actually looking in to having other builders teach workshops/courses on other subjects like marionettes or animatronics/puppet mechs in the Fall. There are still one or two spots open, but I have to cut-off registration on...

Wow, thanks for signing up guys! Stacey are you at PofA and on vacation(s)?

Wow, she's done! I especially like the body. And who knew you could sew such nice dresses? :p

I should have posted something about this on here sooner, but I'm offering a nine week intensive online puppet building course online over the summer via PuppetBuilding.com called Puppet Building 101. Puppet Building 101 is designed to take you step-by-step through the process of how to build...

It's the die-hard Veggie Tales fans you're probably after.

These really are rare. Axtell doesn't have the license to make them any more and they've become sort of hard to come by.

The Muppet replica phenomenon on ebay hits a new height (literally). :p