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Ah, that would do the trick I suppose. I have to get me a Dremel one of these days.

I think that one of the most amazing things about being a member of this forum for years now is seeing just how many cool projects members have done and are working on. It's amazing to think that most of what's shared here (patterns, resources, web sites, videos, etc.) just didn't exist until a...

The eyes are very nice. I was wondering how you cut the holes in the ping pong balls (they look perfectly round).

The curlers are a good idea. You could also use a hair net (as Jinx suggested) and carefully wrap the head inside a clear plastic bag.

Wow, you're just knocking them out these days eh? Very nice. :)

I know we're a couple days in to the New Year, but over the past week or so I've been doing a "Best of 2008" recap on PuppetVision. The list is by no means complete - I know there is tons of good stuff I've missed - but I wanted to share - http://www.puppetvision.info/search/label/Best%20of%202008

dotBoom gets upgraded. Very nice. :)

What you really need to do in order to get a smooth finish is carve the foam and then sand it to smooth it out. It takes some practice to get really good at this (I have never had a knack for it myself). Swazzle's "Frosty" tutorial has a good overview of how to do this. Also worth checking out...

Nice work, reminds me of the T-Rex in "Meet the Robinsons".

From what I have read and seen, yes, they just pin the arm in place. There have probably been a number of different methods used over the years. I have seeen puppet wranglers sew arms temporarily in place using loose stitches too. There are no stupid questions... ;)

It could have been knit, but probably made from actual socks.

Is anybody else familiar with the PG Tips Monkey from England? I hadn't heard of it/him until about a month ago, but have really gotten hooked on him since then. Here's a couple of posts about him from PuppetVision (with links to videos and more info) if you don't know what I'm referring...

I am not sure, but you could probably turn the eyes simply by turning the rod in your hands.

A trick for doing perfect spheres is what's been referred to as (by me anyway) "the wedge method". You cut eight foam wedges that are exactly four times longer than they are wide, glue them together and you get a perfect sphere. Once you have that shape, you can cut out holes for the mouth and...

A couple days ago I published a "Christmas Puppet Shopping Guide" on PuppetVision. Check it out! I am pretty sure that all of the companies/builders sell puppets in the $10-30 range (and they're pretty good too!) so they make good Christmas presents and they are still taking orders for the...

If you're looking for a place with lots of puppeteers and creative people to get a project off the ground, you're not going to do much better than L.A. or New York. There are other cities with strong puppetry communities (like Atlanta and Orlando) but I would suspect L.A. is where you would find...

If someone does a puppet a day, I'll be impressed. ;)

There's so many, but to start...Lejo, Tim Lagasse, Jim Napolitano. There are probably at least a dozen others I'm too tired to name right now... :sleep:

Ha, ha...Blink's such a teacher. ;) I really agree that story should come first. If you look at a lot of what people do with puppets on YouTube and elsewhere, where they are really lacking - much more so than technical puppet performance or building skills - is an understanding of story and...

When was this recorded? Kermit Prince of Denmark was prior to Disney acquiring the Muppets...or was this more recent? Edit: Checked the Sonnet website, I'm assuming this was recent then?