Mathieu Rene© is an amazing artist/mask maker and puppet builder from Montreal, Quebec. I ran in to him at a puppetry festival last summer and we exchanged praises. I will continue that by talking a bit about his new puppets. He has created a wondeful dragon and an excellent teddy bear puppet. These are amazing [...]
As I gear up to make my own online puppet show, I have been running across a bunch of indiviuals who I have gained inspiration from. One of these people is puppet builder/puppeteer and all around amazing artist Michael Paraskevas. Michael is perhaps best know for the book series turned kids’ show Maggie and The Ferocious [...]
I have mentioned one of my favourite builders before named Matt Ficner (visit his flash site here). He is also a very talented puppeteer. Well Matt has been recently working with a company overseas on a few projects and one of the projects is called Planet Bizzaro. This video clip is from that project and [...]
For those of you who do not already know, Swazzle is a California based puppetry company that specializes in quality live puppet shows. The members are accomplished puppeteers, puppet builders and artists. They have collectively a wealth of information that could impress anyone. Well Swazzle has decided to put out a casting call and started [...]
(Warning: Some of the language may be considered PG-13) I had the opportunity to meet Ryan Dillon last summer briefy in New York. I was fortunate enough to see his improv skills with puppets and I was very impressed. Well it would seem that Ryan has posted some of his improv and puppet test on [...]
Sorry for the slip in postings, all contributors have been very busy with their “real lives”. Anyways, here is some more news regarding Avenue Q coming to Toronto. For their season launch, the creators of the Avenue Q puppets made an Aubrey Dan puppet. Here is a shot of the puppet with CAP Agent Julie Ugar. [...]
Something has occured to me as of late. There seems to be more and more commercials using puppetry. I have long anticipated a new revival in the use of puppetry in mainstream media, and it seems as if it may be starting. Take for example this cross promotion for Shrek The Third and Hewlett Packard. The premise [...]
I stumbled upon this show months ago and have been meaning to post about it so here I am. What do you get when you cross the antics of professional wrestling with the silliness of finger puppets? You get the Thumb Wrestling Federation that airs on YTV and Nickelodeon. I have long been a fan [...]
The are many videos of Jim Henson from interviews to behind the scenes footage, but rarely is a video like this one ever seen. This appears to be intended as a direct message from Jim Henson, Frank Oz and Michael Frith to new Henson employees (or potential employees). I think there are some great bits of [...]
On a day where many Catholics do not eat meat, I figured this post was a good compromise between traditions of Good Friday and those who have meat on this day. I have been a big fan of Mr. Meaty, a show that airs on Nickelodeon and CBC, that follow the misadventures of two teenagers [...]
