Okay, I love puppets. Yes. And although I am not always a big fan of ranchy humour I can always appreciate well made puppets and well made puppet videos. I had a chance to watch a new online puppet series called *Time Suck. It is definately not for children (*adult language and themes). It may not be [...]
The Ontario Puppetry Association has some pretty cool things going on. First of all they have a new website. Secondly there are some really amazing new members that I have had the pleasure of meeting over the years. Just recently they have started a new OPA group on Facebook, so if you are a Facebook [...]
My apologies for being late on this one. The winners for the Once Upon a Puppet Contest have been announced. It was a great honour to be one of the judges for the contest and my personal congratulations to the winners and all those who entered. Go and see who won here.
It’s rapidly approaching……the skipton puppet festival runs from the 20th to the 23rd September. If you live in the uk or are visiting at that time get yourself along there. Puppet companies from the UK will be there of course as well as from France, The Netherlands, Germany and Belgian. See their website for more [...]
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 [...]
Well, Project Puppet is doing it again. They are having their latest puppet building contest and this time there is a theme, Fairy Tales Characters! It’s called the “Once Upon A Puppet Contest” and I am honoured to be invited back as on of the official judges. Honestly there have been few puppet building [...]
Although most of the puppetry world knew of the details behind the giant puppet clips some time ago there has now been an official reveal and a slight reworking of the clips into one full clip along with music. Go along to watch on youtube or read more info here and here.
Many of the puppeteers that are part of the online community are involved in Christian ministries. For those who fall under this category, the Fellowship of Christian Puppeteers is hosting their annual conference at Winthrop University in South Carolina on July 23-27. Anyone in the area may find this an educational opportunity to refine your [...]
Quite simply, Tableau Vivant Nouveau art coming to life. This example is a recreation of a painting through live performance, originally inspired music, and puppets! I really like the cute little puffer fish puppet in the video. The piece has been created by a newly founded art group called “The Imaginary Light Bulb Factory” from Sarasota, Florida. [...]
Okay, so here is the question. What exactly is Showbeast? It is hard for me to describe really. It is an online puppet series featuring puppets and people, and it is the brainchild of Benjamin O’Brien (a.k.a. Snow Beast). It has some catchy songs and some really cool greenscreen work. It reminds me of a puppet show [...]
