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 [...]
I have a high level of respect for people who suffer for their craft, but when those people are really talented, I really respect what they do. Let me introduce Near Far Productions, more accurately Aaron Salvato and John Barger. You may have heard about Skippy Shorts, a high energy Youtube series with an off [...]
I love wonderfully built puppets almost as much as amazing puppeteering. I stumbled across the Puppets On Hand website and I was instantly impressed with the work of Tom Blasco. Tom spent about eight years working as a special effects make up teacher and taught advanced classes in animatronics and cable controlled puppets. I am [...]
Now I have a soft spot in my heart for ape puppets and seeing these videos have all the right elements to catch my attention and enteretain it. Beverage Barn is a short episodic comedy series designed for television. The show was created by Kevin B. Barron & Mauri Bernstein and stars such notable puppeteers as [...]
I think Rob and Soli Joy are fantastic. If you haven’t vistied their website yet please do. Any parent of a young child knows the value of a great children’s enteretainer. They write: “City Parent Magazine is running an online poll for the best kids’ stuff in the city. If you would like to vote [...]
I have said it before and I will say it again, I am a big fan of fellow Canadian Mathieu René and his company called Créaturiste. The thing that people may not know is that he has several blogs that he posts on and he is very generous with his discoveries and ideas. I am [...]
In English that translates into “Wonderful Puppets!” That is exactly what you’ll find from German puppet builder Norman Schneider (please note the website is in German so you may need to use an online translation tool to fully understand it). I had a chance to visit his website and I can say that I am an [...]
Ever since Philip Hatter came on the puppet scene this past year I have been a big fan. I even bought a few of his puppets (what a pleasure to have hired him). Well, Philip teamed up with fellow Puppet Buzz contributor and owner of Project Puppet, Pasha Romanowski, and redesigned his company’s whole image. [...]
You don’t need to be a seasoned pro to have fun with puppets. No, in fact more and more I see new people online who are just having fun with puppet building. One of those people is Jeffrey Barnes from Arkansas, in the USA. Jeffrey has always been interested in puppets and puppetry and like [...]
I have been meaning to post about these clever little puppets for a while now. These are simply small stickers that you can attach to you hand to create small puppets. They are the brain child of puppet builder, craft expert and all around artist, Nikole Horkin. Nicole sells these cool puppets in her online [...]
