Wayland Flowers' Madame puppet

[gooby1244]

Hi all! I'm assuming at least a few people here are familiar with the late comedian/puppeteer Wayland Flowers with his puppet character Madame. I was just curious if anyone had any insight or guess as to how she is made, exactly? It looks like she has a hard head, with a fabric body. Simple enough; but what is the material her head is made out of? Wood Putty that was put in a plaster mold after sculpted with clay? Also-if you are familiar with the act, she changes costumes frequently. Did they just have easily-removable costumes that fit on over one puppet, or did Wayland have multiple Madames?
here's a link to a picture:
http://popbytes.com/img/madame-lives-1.jpg
Thanks guys. Just curious.

 

[crazy chris]

I was a big fan as a kid of the 70s... sorry i have no clue the answers to your questions though...

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[muppetperson]

Perhaps you could contact Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, as they have a Madame puppet in their collection, or try contacting Madame direct madame@madameandme.com