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Nice! I love the orange fur. That's always difficult to find in Canada (don't even get me started about Mexico).

Here's another link that might be helpful - http://snapdragonpuppets.com/Puppet%2BSet%20Building%20Pics/Walk-around-design.html

I saw this yesterday, it's an animal costume with an animatronic head. Might be interesting and help with your project - http://fursuits.wereanimal.net/keesar.html

Jose Bolorino who runs the main Spanish-language puppetry site Titerenet has created a puppetry search engine. I tested it for a few minutes this morning and the results it delivers are really good so far. You can try it out in my blog -...

How do you stablize the wire inside the hand if you're using wadding? Because that would be the big issue for me, I don't want the wire shifting over time as the puppet is used. Foam is a better way to go in my opinion, but I'm really interested to know how you do your hands. If you wanted to...

That's great, thanks for posting that. It's been a few years since I've seen it. Jerry Nelson, Jane Henson and Jerry Juhl also appear in this.

I think wadding is one of those Brit-terms you're going to have to explain to everyone Lab Rat. ;)

A little more info... Well, the Bear Town web site is up and running again. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, what I really want to do is transform the project in to a collaboratively produced online project. This is a really large undertaking, the script is about 90 pages and requires a...

Generally, stuffing does not work as well for hands as foam does. If you want chubby hands you should use thicker foam. 1-inch foam should do the trick. You can also pad it out by adding 1/4-inch on top of that. Sean J. has a method on this Puppet 101 blog, start reading from this post. I also...

I sent you a couple diagrams that will help via email. Check my Guide To Puppet Building Resources for some links and info about mechs. There is also an old drawing of animal's eyebrow mech floating around, but I can't seem to find a link to it. I don't have a copy on the computer I'm using...

Something that should be remembered in this thread is that Frank Oz has never (to my knowledge) publicly commented on the scaling back of his activities with the Muppets except to say that there are scheduling difficulties. I believe anything beyond that is purely speculation.

There's quite a range in pay depending on your experience, where you work and who you work for. This is pretty typical for theme park work (you might make more if you had a show of your own you brought in to the park). I think the puppeteers at the Disney parks might make slightly less than...

Someone has posted Timepiece - Jim Henson's Oscar-nominated experimental film from the 1960s - on YouTube. Pretty cool if you haven't seen it. Check it out - http://natepacheco.blogspot.com/2006/03/switch-it-up.html

Hi everyone, I know a few people have been asking for it, so I've finally put The Tumbles P. Bear Project back online. It's a multi-part article I wrote a few years ago about how I built one of the puppets for my Bear Town web series. It explains the wedge method of foam puppet construction as...

Sew, don't glue. Check out Sean Johnson's Puppet 101 blog and read forward from this post. He explains a method for doing this step by step.

Welcome to the forum Nate! I've really been enjoying your blog ever since you started it.

Here's the details: Professional puppeteers with experience in both big mouth and rod puppets are needed for a new children's show slated to open this spring. Please bring your own puppet and a prepared one minute routine and be prepared to improvise. Part time and full time positions available...

The results of Channel 102's March screening is in (it was last night in NYC) and Cakey! and Puppet Rapist were the top two shows. The new episodes of both are available online: Puppet Rapist - http://www.channel102.net/show.php?show=54 Cakey! - http://www.channel102.net/show.php?show=60

Check out the After Effects tutorial I mentioned. I did a few edits to add extra resources and it probably wasn't there when you read it.

I know bluescreen/greenscreen questions often pop up and while I was putting together some film/video production resource pages I came across this great guide to making your own blue/green screen for cheap...