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Erine, I don't think Buck was trying to steal your thunder, just enable your vision. I can tell you for sure that I wasn't. The true bottom line is the art itself: no one will win any prizes for this, but we can all participate and have fun. And having a vision, as wonderful as that is, is...

Mmmm, Michelle, didn't get either of your emails. That was my state mail server --maybe they were blocked or something (we've had lots of problems with viruses lately). Here's my home email: mike@kelleytown.com (note the two "e"s). Always reliable and I always reply within a day (if you...

Michelle, It's *easy* -- almost anyone can do it nowadays. First of all, you *must* either have a video camera or know someone with one. You probably know ten people with one. Get your show all ready and get someone to come over and videotape it. Here's some hints about doing just that...

Patrick, There are lots of different possibilities out there, but I really like Buck taking the ball and running with it (and it helps that he's, like, the #1 puppet answer guy around here -- hope I don't offend others). I think we should get started and as other possibilities develop don't...

How about it, Buck? So it seems to me the ball is in Buck's court right now. What about it, Buck? Care to give us a topic/theme and a place to FTP files to? (I'm guessing FTP since many email servers have problems with large files. On that subject, do you want to limit the actual file size...

I would think you could do anything you'd want to in your 30 seconds -- but it should attempt to stick to whatever theme and topic has been decided. You could have 100 characters and human actors doing a chorus line at Radio City Music Hall (and perhaps all sing about the topic/theme) -- or...

I like the idea, Buck. And I think it's a terrific idea to keep the guidelines somewhat restrictive (kind of like writing Haiku or a Shakespherean sonnet). 30 seconds -- no more, no less (so you're working within the time constraints of a commercial, for example). Then whatever you want to...

Thanks for the information, Buck, and the encouraging words. Puppet building is an art, indeed, and an art like no other than includes nearly all the other disciplines. That's obviously why there is no "cookbook" per se, but a wide variety of sources with different ideas on how to do...

Thanks for the information, Buck. The next head I make (this week) I'll use the gasket stuff and see for myself. I'm thinking now (based on your answer) I might try a thick piece for the bottom and a thinner one on top: it might give me the best of all worlds, since the bottom should be a...

Thanks for the reply. Bear with me <g> for a moment while I stumble (Tumble?) through this. I know you're familiar with The Foam Book -- so let's say I'm building a Three Piece Head. I'm building a Three Piece Head (homage to Airplane). I tilt the lower jaw open as if the mouth was...

Well, not his specifically, but the ones he makes for his puppets. Buck, if you can explain something I'd be grateful. On your site you talk about building the mouth for Tumbles, but show no pictures of it finally installed. I wonder about this -- you built the head and then cut out a...

Buck-Beaver, I picked up some gasket rubber from Home Depot in two different thicknesses -- one was a lightweight (but still much heavier than, say, the craft foam sheets recommended for mouths in many places) and another was about twice the weight, very thick indeed, both in 8" squares...

http://www.greysealpuppets.com/products.html Note: you can also buy the book (and I think even the videos) through Amazon.com. And Buck-Beaver will also probably advise you to try gasket rubber for your mouths. I bought some but haven't tried it yet, but it does look like it gives you a...

How about a reply from one new (well, one new but very old) person to another? You're right when you imply puppet making and performing is like no other art in the world. Puppet making combines nearly all the arts -- skulpting, painting, drawing, sewing, collage, etc. Performing your...