I’ve recently been in contact with Ian Greeb, artist and fantastic sculptor of soft foam, and just had to share some of his work with everyone here on Puppet Buzz. Ian’s creations are entirely sculpted from blocks of soft foam and yet, as you can see, incredibly detailed. I’ve always been a fan of an [...]
Personally, I’m a “hand puppet guy”, but I never get tired of watching great marionette tricks. I don’t know very much about the Grangers (the puppeteers in the video), but I do know that to get a marionette figure to actually walk, one foot in front of the other, takes a genius “behind the strings”. [...]
One week left to vote! Head on over to PuppetContest.com to vote for your favorite space character in Puppet Contest 2008: A Space Odyssey. The voting will only be open through December 7, 2008!
Project Puppet’s third annual puppet contest has landed! This year’s contest is entitled – Puppet Contest 2008: A Space Odyssey. Here’s a few details about the contest: All entries must be received by November 1, 2008. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a $200.00 USD cash prize from Project Puppet. The First Runner-Up will receive [...]
All I can say is “fantastic!” (and from the other half of me…”it’s about time”). Sesame Workshop Has just launched a new section of their website – video.sesameworkshop.org – with clips from Sesame Street, old and new. You can search for your favorites or browse the videos, watch them full-screen, and enjoy that warm fuzzy [...]
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 [...]
UK-based Puppetechnics is looking to hire an apprentice puppeteer to operate their puppet theater show, “The Secret of Gooney Farm” on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays through August. The theater is located in Miniatura Park. You can find more information about Puppetechnics on their site – www.puppetechnics.com – or more about the puppeteer position here.
This little nugget of puppety goodness, though its been in circulation on the web for a while, recently resurfaced over at PuppetBuilding.com. The article was originally published in a 1969 issue of Women’s Day Magazine and includes a play, The Purple-Necked, Black Bearded Blatch, written by Jerry Juhl, and patterns and instructions for four puppets, [...]
Monkey Boys Productions, working from designs by James Wojtal, built these seven puppets for a TV commercial for Mexican Televison. The above video is a movement test filmed during the build. What I thought was especially cool, and should be noted, about the puppetry in the clip, was that each animal has its own unique [...]
The Wippets just introduced a new character to join their cast of puppets. The new character was built by the very talented Jarrod Boutcher! I think this new character is a perfect example of excellent character/puppet design by Ron and, of course, a beautiful follow through by Jarrod. Take a look at the Wippets Blog [...]
