Puppet Displays/Storage

[crazy chris]

yeah... id modify mine for wall mount...and probably do different sections for each puppeteer

cc

 

[Frogpuppeteer]

i have a space above my desk reserved for something like that

 

[D'Snowth]

Yeah, I've used the large plastic bins as well. Though I prefer to mount the puppets on some sort of stand as the bins tend to smush the puppets a bit.

Anyway here is the stand I mentioned earlier. I built this entirely out of 3/4" PVC pipe, joints, and caps for a total cost of about $20. The empty poles at either end of the top row show what they look like under the puppets. I love PVC as it's cheap, easy to work with and doesn't even require any kind of glue or anything. That rack is completely pressure fitted together which means I can pretty easily take it apart to transport it too.

http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/ad83/Puppetainer/Puppet Gallery/Puppetstand.jpg

Hopefully you'll find something in all of the various responses offered here that you can use. Best of luck!

That is the greatest thing I have ever seen! I never thought to construct PVC puppet trees in the manner you have, I've just usually seen them constructed to store puppets in a row, but this would solve all kinds of storage problems.

On a side note, I've only thought of PVC trees as a means of storing puppets that would currently be in use, for quick and easy access for puppeteers, otherwise, I would've considered storing puppets that aren't in use, etc in the same way the Muppet workshop has: cardboard filing cabinets and boxes and such. As a matter of fact, since I don't have any PVC at the moment, that's the only way I've been able to store puppets, is in a medium-sized cardboard box, where four of my five puppets lie in.

And Julio... maybe I'm imagining things, but haven't you asked this question before? I seem to recall you being keen on the idea I mentioned that I keep Steve in a puppet-sized chair that I got, and that you wanted to do something similar with Freddy.

 

[Frogpuppeteer]

And Julio... maybe I'm imagining things, but haven't you asked this question before? I seem to recall you being keen on the idea I mentioned that I keep Steve in a puppet-sized chair that I got, and that you wanted to do something similar with Freddy.

i may have, and im always looking for something...one of my curses in puppet storage is that i am always on the move and some of my guys vary in size...while i dont want something permanent id like a stand like that. for quick access to the guys i constantly use,ill admit as you stated Freddy never goes in a box, he has his own stand on my desk away from a window and his own backpack he goes into during travel

 

[spcglider]

The one thing to be sure of when you "rack" your puppets... be sure they are OUT of direct sunlight! Its great to display them as they are meant to be seen... but don't let the sun damage your precious tools!

-Gordon

P.S. I store mine in plastic boxes or totes. they tend to fare pretty well as long as you don't "smash" them into the box.