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Hey there folks, I'm in between projects right now and I'm thinking about building a series of simple puppets for children and selling them to some local toy stores in my area. I have never built anything that needs to be "kid proof" and "kid safe" before (actor proof, yes) so I wanted to...

Hi there folks, I had the opportunity this week to work on the touring production of "The Magic Treehouse, the musical." The Magic Treehouse is a series of children's books written by Mary Pope Osborne, and the new musical production based on her work is now touring the U.S. I was hired...

NOTE: If you're not up to reading something negative that might bum or put a damper on your otherwise cheery day, press the back button and go onto another thread. You probably won't want to read the following. Alright, I'm sure this little soap box I'm going to be getting on isn't a new...

OK, since not too many folks seem to either be interested or responding, and since I can't find anything from the forum already on this, I'll ask again. What dye works best for reticulated foam? Can anyone help me out? I tried dying reticulated foam before, but all of the dye just squeezed out...

Hey there folks, I got a question for you all. I need to know the best available dyes for poly foam and reticulated/scott foam. What is out on the market that folks have used that have given them the best results? If anyone can helpe me out, I would greatly appreciate it. -Marc

Hey there, I was at a Walmart today and was cruising the toy aisle. In the large ball bin that had numerous soft vinyl covered sports ball, I came across solid colored foam balls! Just like the kind that Nerf used to make years ago! I couldn't believe it. Back in the day, when Nerf was new...

Today inbetween puppet shows, my boss and I were killing a little time in a very large train and hobby shop. After scanning the many aisles of model trains and tiny fake trees, I came across a rack of novelty toys. There was an array of toy guns that could shoot out foam objects, and one toy...

Hello everyone. I would just like to let you all know that Jay Marshall has passed on. Mr. Marshall was a well known and talented magician, the Dean of Magic in America. He also was a very talented puppeteer and Punch professor, classically trained in England in the art of Punch and Judy. His...

Hello everyone! This website, and company, was created by friends of mine who are puppeteers from Douglas, Michigan. Soon there will be more information on prices and how to order these wonderful hand puppets. Check them out! www.simplefolkpuppets.homestead.com Marc

Hello all. I was recently contacted by a traveling circus and was hired to build three hand puppets for them to be performed by a walk around puppet stage before and during perfomances. One will be a caricature of the circus' star clown, another of an organ grinder monkey, and the third is of a...

Hello everyone, This winter/spring/summer I'm going to be undertaking a large building project. I'll be totally revamping an already existing show (building new versions of already existing puppets) and creating new puppets for a second show. Both shows will be using hand and glove puppets. A...

Hey all, I was just at Hobby Lobby today and saw that they have quite a selection of colorful plastic spoons, practically every color of the rainbow. Just a little info for those of you who like to use them for eyeballs and were looking for something more colorful than white. marc

I heard Christopher Hudert mention this in an email to me, and I've been trying to look for more info on google to no avail. What is puptcrit? Marc

I'm interested in building myself a puppet, out of polyfoam, with a fur covering. I have some interesting colored shag like fur that I'd like to use to make a puppet. Now, I only have limited eperience sewing on a machine and none with sewing by hand and I would really like there to be no...

I was just curious if anyone here has heard of a puppet company from Chicago called Hystopolis productions. I know that they were around in their own theatre for about 20 years in down town Chicago. Has anyone ever heard of them and the work that they do? Take care all, Marc

Hello all. Today in a puppetry class I'm taking at college, we watched part of an episode of the "Jim Henson World of Puppetry" series. The segment we watched had Jim talking with a French puppeteer named Philippe Gentry. His work looked amazing. Has anyone else heard of him and would have any...

Hello everyone! It's been a while since my last post and I wanted to talk about a topic that doesn't seem to get alot of discussion here: paper mache. I've gotten some pretty good results from it, and also from paper mache like products. Paper Clay is one that's fantastic for nice sculpted...

Hey guys, I am curious about the ins and outs of digital video and production, lighting, types of cameras currently available, editing, even how they can all be used in computers. Does anyone know of any websites that give tutorials on digital video shooting and editing, software to use, how it...

Hello everyone, I've been mulling over a fear of mine for a while, and I wanted to share it with the everyone in the community. I'll soon be a junior in college and I've decided to go for a BA in Fine Art and to take acting and theatre classes as well, so I can take what I learn from my art...

I'm interested in buying some black gaffer's tape, but I'm a little hesitant to purchase from a company. For those of you who may not know, gaffer's tape is a cloth type tape, like duct tape, which is plastic type. It's called gaffer's tape because gaffers, technichians who hang and design...