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I use LePage's "Green" Pres-Tite Contact Cement, because it is relatively non-toxic. Home Hardware, Canadian Tire and Home Dept should all sell it. It takes sometime to get "tacky" so you can glue the foam together - I use a heat gun to speed up the process drying process and a hair dryer might...

I've never personally liked working with underpadding, but there are variety of different kinds out there so it's worth experimenting. In the Greater Toronto Area there are a number of shops that specialize in foam, check the Yellow Pages and you'll find lots of places that will sell you what...

The link to the round head pattern was working when I checked, but in case it isn't try downloading it from http://www.flickr.com/photos/41111968@N00/sets/72157602722672544/ I will try to put a copy of the Kermit head pattern online tonight when I have time, but it's virtually the same as the...

Here is some advice re: storing puppets in plastic from Puptcrit:

Nice work; the fur is a great find. People often have trouble finding fur that matches Oscars.

The original puppet head was carved, later ones were made with a mold.

Great discussion! I was thinking about this ever since I read Toasty's blog post earlier today. I wrote up some thoughts about the web vs. TV for puppeteers in my blog today (if you're interested in doing your own show on the web it's got a lot of links to articles you may find interesting).

Nice video! :)

I thought this was interesting too, because there are a couple puppets I have had for over 10 years that are stored in plastic bags and I have never noticed it having any detrimental effect on the puppets (I do change the plastic bags every few years though). Does anybody have an understanding...

As Keermit said, just about any foam supply store (there are many in New York state) should be able to sell you a block large enough to carve. Try looking up upholstery suppliers in your Yellow Pages, they often sells blocks of polyfoam that are used to make cushions or foot stools. For a...

If you can get (or already have) a Wacom tablet they are great to work with, but as Toasty says there's nothing wrong with pen and paper. Inkscape is a very popular open source (free) vector drawing program that is very good. If you want something free that is bitmap based (like Photoshop) try...

It was a press release, put out via MediaWire. I believe the press release states that they had acquired the rights to the screenplay. No word on whether it was commissioned or if the writer did it on spec. BTW, my favourite quote about the film so far is from the I Watch Stuff Blog: I...

As a general rule, most companies don't mind you using their puppets in a live show, but TV can be tricky. Some companies like Axtell Expressions and Folkmanis (reportedly) will allow their puppets to be used on TV or video if they are credited as owning the copyright to the character. The best...

Take a look here.

Empire appears to be a small - although very legit - independent. The press release was probably intended to drum up support and interest in the film. It's hard to believe they've pulled together $30 million independently without the rights and clearances have been figured out. I doubt many...

Did anybody else notice that Empire's major credit to date is the Blonde and Blonder trilogy? (oh yes, they're planning a trilogy). Then again, New Line started out with Nightmare on Elm Street so I guess everybody has to start somewhere. What I am curious about is whether or not they've...

Bezalel has more of this up in his blog: Step two Step three Step four

Do you know what your fake fur is made of? If it's acrylic then the Dylon dye won't work. I believe that Aljo works on just about anything though.

If you haven't already, you might want to check out the posts in Patrick Johnson's Puppet Design Blog from December 2006 about the alien he made at the Creature Shop (scroll down to the bottom of the page and start reading from there). Also, John Kennedy's "Puppet Planet" book has some good tips...

Here's Step One.