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The best way to get a "sunken in" look is to use the commercially made eyes with posts, but since you're not doing that you could try cutting in to the foam just a little bit so you can embed the eye in it. Another option is to glue the eye on and then "build up" on it, placing foam around it...

This is a cross-post (sorry!) for the benefit of anyone who doesn't read the puppetry section...Muppeteer John Kennedy has done a series of puppet building videos for the Activity TV website. These are aimed at kids, but still really great puppet craft activities. There are also videos with...

John Kennedy has done a series of puppet building videos for the Activity TV website. These are aimed at kids, but still really great puppet craft activities. There are also videos with skits and tips for making a puppet theatre and puppeteering. Check it out -...

Probably the last of eye mech stuff for now is up on the site, but anyone interested may want to check out these related articles on the Puppet Building Wiki: - Puppet Eyelid Mechanism - Moving Eye Mechanism ...and since it's a Wiki, anyone is free expand and update these articles with their...

I second the notion that you can't take one person's comments on YouTube to heart Foz. If you post and share your work on sites like internet comments are just part of the deal. One of the cool things that the internet has done is it's made entertainment in to a two way medium. It's no longer...

Hi everyone, One of my new year's resolutions is to start posting daily at PuppetBuilding.com and adding a lot more tutorials and puppet building information to the site. I have been noodling around trying to decide what to do with the site and one of the things I've decided to try is pick a...

Actually, all of the foam disintegrates eventually.

A new children's DVD series in Australia is looking for puppeteers. You can get details here.

Have they deployed their new avatar control system yet? I think it was called "Expressive Puppeteering" when they announced it at SIGGRAPH last year.

That looks really nice, what graphics/gaming engine are you using?

I also use plastic tubs and store puppets inside them in clear plastic bags to keep them clean.

I didn't know about the American Theatre Wing site (great link Jinx!) but I saw this panel back in 2004 and it's a very, very interesting discussion. Highly recommended!

By "leaf" do you mean wedges? If so you need to make the wedges longer and thinner and experiment with using different types of wedges. Otherwise, the Pinhead Pattern from Project Puppet could probably be used with a few minor modifications.

There already is one here.

Titerenet (a Spanish language puppetry site) is sponsoring an online Viral Puppet Video Festival. The details are available here.

A lot of the good online sources for red heel socks seem to have closed down, but I believe that SuperSockMonkey still sells them. BTW, the socks you are looking for are called Rockford Red Heel Socks.

One of the elder statesmen of puppetry has died. George Latshaw passed away yesterday in a Florida hospital. Even if you do not know his name, you've unknowingly felt his tremendous impact on the development of puppetry in the United States. He inspired and mentored hundreds of puppeteers and...

I think the problem I encountered was the firewall the school has. They use one of those useless filters that tries to block objectionable content. At home I could view the page fine.

Two more posts on anatomy and puppet design...these are mostly illustration lessons, but you can apply all of it to how you design and build puppets: The Structure of Man - Links to great video tutorials on how to draw the human figure from memory Studying Animals with Willard Mullins - A...

Hi all, I found this on YouTube: In the Performance Area of Lucca Games this year we have raised the bar, not only realizing the best charity auction from the beginning of Lucca Games, the greatest number of artists and pieces created, but also creating and directing a animated video...