Contributors

Kanja Chen

KanjaKanja is a puppet builder, puppeteer and full time teacher from Canada. He has built and performed with puppets for film, stage and television. Kanja has a great interest in television puppetry, specifically children’s educational shows. His background as a fine artist also drives a strong appreciation of the visual aesthetic of unique and finely crafted puppets, sets and props of all kinds. Be sure to read Kanja’s posts as he shares his views about puppetry.

Anders Nyman

Anders is a songwriter and music producer from Sweden. He’s always been interested in puppetry, ever since he saw The Muppet Show and Fraggle Rock as a child. A few years back, he became interested in building his own puppet characters. He is excited to share his newfound knowledge of puppet making with others. As an experienced studio technician, Anders will be sharing expert advice and offering some audio production tips for those filming and/or recording their own puppet shows.

Pasha Romanowski

pashaPasha is the founder of Project Puppet, with the goal to provide a solid foundation of hand puppet construction techniques for the aspiring puppeteer or puppet builder. Pasha’s background includes art, cartooning and web design, but his foremost interest has always been puppet-building and puppetry. He has a great appreciation for detail in art and puppetry, and feels that character creation is the cornerstone of every great puppet, as well as, every great puppet performance. He looks forward to sharing his thoughts, ideas, and techniques with the readers of Puppet Buzz.

Ben Jones

avatarpbs.jpgBen Jones can best be described as “creative without being weird about it”. Ben is zealous about self-improvement and has directed this enthusiasm toward his contribution to puppetry and puppet ministry. His philosophy is “No matter how good it is, it’s not good enough; (therefore there is always room for improvement).” Ben applies this to his building, his performing and his life. Ben started www.puppetminister.com with the goal to help others start new ministries by providing instruction and encouragement and being a resource for professionally built puppets. He frequently challenges visitors to his blog to go beyond “good enough” and strive for excellence. When he is not building or performing, Ben is serving as husband, father or engineer. “When I die, I want those who know me to say that I was a Godly man.”

Tom Stewart

tom-profile.jpgTom worked in the film and video industry for 13 years. When not on film sets, he followed his childhood dream of becoming a puppeteer by volunteering with various puppet troupes in Ontario, Canada, learning what he could about puppet construction, performance and business. In 2005, Tom started his own part-time creature building company; in addition to making a career change by accepting a full time job as an Assistant Director at a children’s cancer camp. Tom believes that all puppeteers should promote, share ideas, and develop a sense of community that will foster, support and empower present and future puppeteers.

Tony Sinnett

Tony Sinnet is currently living and working in the south east of England (UK). He designs, makes and performs marionette puppets, but he has also done some shadow puppetry work (’The Virgin Queen’ - BBC Television). Tony has made and performed marionettes for TV, film and theatre. He’s always been fascinated by puppets (particularily marionettes) but after leaving college he trained as a church pipe organ builder before setting up his own small handmade furniture business. A love of woodcarving brought Tony back to making marionettes some years later. He still occasionally makes pieces of furniture and wooden toys.

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