The long awaited second PlaySoup video on puppet building featuring Dave Privett is now available.  Both videos are available for a package price or owners of the first video can get a discount.  The first one was a great investment. 

Get yours today.

I have been debating over the last little while about if I should or should not be posting about the things that our own contibutors to Puppet Buzz are doing in the puppetry world. I have come to the realization that some of the stuff they are doing is too great to not post about so I have decided to do it as often as I feel the need to.

Now, I am a huge fan of Project Puppet and the amazing patterns they sell. Well Puppet Buzz’s very own Pasha Romanowski (owner and operator of Project Puppet) has decided to offer his amazing Glorified Sock Puppet Pattern to people who want to sell them. They are now being offered on CD and you can buy them at a “wholesale price” (essentially lower than the rest of the public) and sell them for the commercial price. The result is that you cannot only make some extra cash but you can compliment any number of puppet related activities that you are doing.

For example, I finished doing a puppetry workshop with students a while back and I have toyed with the idea of offering a workshop for adults. This is a great way to offer the participants a truly great pattern and I could walk them through the building process. I would probably include the CD in the price of the workshop, but you have a lot of options with how you are able to offer these CDs.

I think Pasha has done a great service for many puppet builders with his offerings at Project Puppet and this CD is no exception. Great job Pasha, and the design work on the packaging is super incredible!

To find out more, you can visit Pasha’s site or contact him by going here. By the way if you have a chance, check out the new design of his blog.

Enjoy!

Puppet Buzz’s very own Pasha has posted a great enrty over at his Project Puppet Blog.  He talks about how someone who used their patterns found costumes to fit over at Build A Bear Worshop.

For those of you who don’t know what Build A Bear is, it is a store where you are able to select your own stuffed animal “skin” and stuff it with polyfil.  A pretty cool idea in itself, but there is more.  The stores are packed with tons of great costumes for really good prices.

I’ve often stayed away from Build A Bear costumes because the puppets I build are a bit too large for the outfits.  Too bad for my puppets.  However, Pasha makes a really interesting discovery that he writes about in his blog entry.  Project Puppet’s Roly pattern fits the bear outfits perfectly.  Amazing bit of news it is.

I have long had little puppet short ideas that I wanted to do, but the amount of time it would take to make (nice quality) puppets and equally nice costumes always seems so daunting.  Now it is easier than ever.  Don’t be surprised if you see a short or two from me online soon.

I won’t be surprised if one or more people see how cost effective and easy it would be to do something with this news before I get a chance to.  A great discovery it is indeed.

 

Ben Jones, one of the contributors here at Puppet Buzz, has added a puppet supplies section to his site, PuppetMinister.com. What is the first item available you ask? The ever elusive half dome eyes that typically are very hard to find or can only be purchased in bulk. Thanks Ben!