Rattus P Rattus
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As I ask you all how is a Muppet made?
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It's time to answer that question again
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practicecactus
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okay..sit down kid..
..When a lady muppet and a man muppet really love each other..
..When a lady muppet and a man muppet really love each other..
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read thru the forum, look at all the puppet building articles
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It's kind of like asking "how is a motor vehicle made?". It just begs a million more questions. A vehicle for use on snow? On water? On streets? Off-road? For how many passengers? One? Four? Three-hundred?
The one common ingredient in building muppets is creativity. There is a need for a specific puppet character or character-type and then the creative puppet builders use whatever materials they have/can find to bring the idea to life! The skills of each individual builder will dictate the approach to some degree. A builder who is very skilled in sculpture might be more inclined to carve a foam head whereas someone who has a lot of experience in pattern-making might be more inclined to designing a character to be created with sheet foam.... assuming that the design and character even dictate a foam head!
There is simply NO simple answer to this question. Necessity is the mother of invention, and every puppet is an invention in its own right!
The one common ingredient in building muppets is creativity. There is a need for a specific puppet character or character-type and then the creative puppet builders use whatever materials they have/can find to bring the idea to life! The skills of each individual builder will dictate the approach to some degree. A builder who is very skilled in sculpture might be more inclined to carve a foam head whereas someone who has a lot of experience in pattern-making might be more inclined to designing a character to be created with sheet foam.... assuming that the design and character even dictate a foam head!
There is simply NO simple answer to this question. Necessity is the mother of invention, and every puppet is an invention in its own right!