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No, I'm not. But I appreciate the comment. ;)

Wow those are really nice. They're spot on except for using the antron fleece, which is understandable.

What you probably mean by bunraku is "bunraku-style" puppetry. True bunraku is a very specific Japanese artform that takes about 40 years of practice to master. "Bunraku-style" puppetry borrows the basic approach of bunraku but is more varied and borrows from other styles of puppetry as well...

Hi everyone, As some of you know I write a daily blog about puppet film and video - the PuppetVision Blog. I've recently launched this forum to go a long with the web site, which is step two in a three part plan to build a new site to offer free hosting for puppet films and videos along with...

What about contacting The Chicagoland Puppeteers? They're your local PofA guild.

I would be interested to know more about the business/financing end of this. It sounds like you're talking to all the right people down there, but my experience with these sorts of endeavours is that there's no shortage of energy/creativity/enthiasm but where they fall apart is on the business...

Mercury Plastics sells half-dome eyes, but only wholesale. Search the forum under "puppet eyes" and you'll find oodles of old messages about this. Remember, the search function is your friend!

Ah. It all starts to make sense now. :p (kidding)

Have you spoken with any of the esthablished people in New York to seek their input and advice?

PofA is the best place to start, there's a puppetry group somewhere in your region, though possibly not in your town. You'll hear this a lot, but if you're really serious about pursuing puppetry don't imitate the Muppets, develop your own voices/characters/puppets. Even the Muppets don't hire...

The masks aren't a real impediment to your ability to work and every professional shop in Canada is required to use them under health and safety laws. There really aren't any good gloves to use unfortunately. I tend to rarely bother with them (again, I really should) but do use a special barrier...

Well I was exaggerating about the having more children thing, but not much. This is not so much a direct reply to Michele but a general comment on the whole contact cement/respirator isssue...the fumes in contact cement can cause headaches, damage your nasal passage, compromise your immune...

No respirator? :eek: Yikes, I hope you're not planning to have more children. There's carcinogens in that stuff!

You're not there any more?

Disney is hiring puppeteers for two new parades they are putting together. They are holding the auditions this Saturday. For more info go to http://corporate.disney.go.com/careers/auditions.html

I guarantee your position on this would change if someone started using Scary Larry and made millions merchandising him. That's why copyright exists. :p Still, I guess by Bill Gates' standards I'm one of those pesky "Creative Commies" who advocate Lawernce Lessig's idea of Free Culture too...

Couple of things... 1. Make sure the contact cement you're using is supposed to be used on foam rubber (if in doubt call or email the manufacturer) 2. You shouldn't press the pieces of foam together until the glue has tried to a point where it's tacky to touch, but none comes off in your...

Well, I have to think back because this thread is over a year and a half old, but more than likely I put "professional" in quotation marks because just as you say it's highly subjective. Buying a puppet is like buying a car. Of course a puppet that costs $100 probably won't be quite as nice...

I think that's it exactly. I was at a seminar this week where someone commented that if you want to find a mentor or get advice from someone you have to be respectful and not be a "time sucker" or expect them to do all of your work work for you.

I believe that patterns cannot be patented; patents are only issued for original inventions. Patterns are covered by copyright. You can double check this with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. They have a web site at http://www.uspto.gov I think to register a business name in most U.S...