Archive for August, 2007

Final Call!

This is your last chance to enter your puppet in The Once Upon a Puppet Contest!  The dealine is tomorrow, so finish those noses, arms and eyes.  Get those puppets in you guys (and gals)!  Hey, I’m a poet!  Don’t be late.  I am looking forward to seeing what people come up with.

The Balcony Puppeteers

After coming back from the Puppets Up! Festival in Almonte, Ontario, I have been rejuvinated in my puppet passion and I have decided to write about some of the acts (and people) that I have enjoyed.  When the festival first started (three years ago) I was asked to help out doing puppetry improv from the balcony.  [...]

Shadows Make “Nappy” Happy

This past month I had the pleasure of taking a workshop and speaking with Connecticut based Jim Napolitano (aka “Nappy”).  As a UCONN Puppet Arts Program alumnus he has a bunch of television credits under his belt including Between the Lions and The Book of Pooh.
There are many people and things that I admire, and one of [...]

“Blind Rage” Puppet Video *WARNING*

I have posted about puppet builder and puppeteer Matt Ficner before.  Matt has started a series of videos called “The Creepy Puppet Project” with this one titled “Blind Rage” being the first installment.  The film is a horror film with lots of blood and gore and thus the reason for my warning in the title [...]

Puppets For Sale!

Kanja Chen (founder of Puppet Buzz and head honcho of Chensational Puppets) is cleaning out his workshop! Not only is that amazing news – it was about time – but he’s selling some fabulous puppets! These puppets are pieces of the personal history of a fantastic puppet builder and puppeteer, not to mention that some [...]