Puppeteer's Resources Links

[Fozzie Bear]

I figured we might have a thread dedicated to links of all kinds that will help make searching for particular items easier.

Be sure when you post the links you post what they are for: materials, fur, feathers, fleece, dye, or information on puppet construction.

Such as in another thread, Convincing John posted a link to sellers of Ostrich Feathers. We all know that Ostrich Feathers make great, flowy puppet hair.
http://www.tonyhill.net/productCat85993.ctlg

 

[puppetsmith]

Puppet Links...

Of course, www.projectpuppet.com has information on puppet building as well as reticulated foam (Scott foam), but here are some links I've found useful:

For fake fur (especially the 3-inch shaggy fur):
www.mendels.com

For realistic eyes:
www.schoepferseyes.com

For raw materials that could be used for almost anything:
www.mcmaster.com

Enjoy!

 

[Fozzie Bear]

This from Convincing John in another thread:

Hmm...wish I could help you with the ostrich feather question. I've only ordered for one so far and it won't arrive for a while. I've never worked with ostrich feathers either.

But I'll be happy to share some links I've found:

Here's the doll hair site I found. I haven't attached the hair yet, since the puppet I'm making doesn't have a head yet. (the first head's kinda too lumpy and big so I'm making a second one).

But the hair I ordered was called the "Synthetic Fancy Curls" and just taking it out of the package, there's a LOT of movement to it! If you want a puppet that's energetic, this hair might do the trick. Depending on the size of the puppet head, you might have to order maybe three or four "hanks" of it.

http://www.clothdollsupply.com/hair5.html

I'm not sure about the other kinds of hair and how well they'd work, but at the bottom of the page, there's some brightly colored synthetic hair in colors like blue, green and yellow, which might work for something, and some fuzzy optic fiber stuff at the very bottom of the page.

I've only looked at the following sites a couple times, so I don't know if these would be any help or not, but I'll post 'em anyway:

http://www.miniworlddolls.com/Wigs0.htm
http://www.crscraft.com/products/Pr...at=&sub=&class=
http://allaboutdolls.biz/Merchant2/...ategory_Code=MW

Here's a post where I found some stuff that might work for dreadlocks:

http://forum.muppetcentral.com/show...100&postcount=6

I've found a few links about puppet eyes, if you're interested.

Convincing John

 

[PaulyPuppets]

JOANN FABRICS CRAFT SUPPLIES (Poly-fill, Foam Rubber, Felt, Fur, Hot Glue, Alpine and Anti Pill Fleece (All colors), Round Velcro tabs for eye pupils, Doll eyes, Wigs (During Halloween), Styro foam balls, ...EVERYTHING!)
http://www.joann.com/catalog.jhtml?CATID=2007&AID=1489912&PID=1565934​

 

[Convincing John]

More links

Okay, here's that link about "dreadlocks" that I tried in my last post, but it didn't work:

http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showpost.php?p=247100&postcount=6

And here's some links for eyes, or as the Swedish Chef would say "Der googly-googlies":

http://www.nationalartcraft.com/subcategory.asp?gid=8&cid=194&scid=535
http://www.miniworlddolls.com/Eyes.htm
http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/subcategory/33/?source=adwords-glasseyes
http://dollssoreal.zoovy.com/category/aadollmaking.zeyesandeyelashes/

Looking for foam? These links might be of help:

http://www.foamfabbed.com/cgi-bin/foam/14:CUSTOMCUTFOAM.htm
http://www.efoamstore.com/
http://www.knoxfoam.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/customcutfoam/customcut.htm?E+scstore

Convincing John

 

[Buck-Beaver]

Someone sent me an interesting article on how to make realistic taxidermy eyes.

Check it out - http://www.hidetanning.net/TaxidermyEyes.html

 

[DannyRWW]

www.puppetproductions.com

For those of us who can't build puppets but want to buy some decent quality puppets there is a really nice sale over at puppet productions... They have their 119.00 puppets onsale for 39.67 (don't know how long this sale will last)

 

[gfarkwort]

Heres some scott foam
http://www.usafoam.com/opencellfoam/dryfast.html

 

[BEAR]

cool

 

[FISH'N'WOLFE]

Osgood Textile Every fabric under the sun there plus a large foam selection as well.
Bob's Foam Factory Self explanatory.