Puppet Building Live on the Web

I was going to write something today about the recent surge in puppet building live online, but Dan beat me to it.

A lot of puppet builders are using services like ustream.tv, Justin.tv and BlogTV to broadcast their puppet building live to the world. Here’s a run down of the shows that are available:

You + Me + Puppets = Yay!
This is Stacey’s semi-regular show on BlogTV and the oldest of the lot I think. Stacey is always fun to hang out with online and she makes finger puppet making much more entertaining than you could ever possibly imagine. Easily wins the award for most entertaining.

Stiq Puppets Live
Of all the shows emerging, this is probably the most elaborate. Hosted by Daryl of Stiq Productions, each week he prepares a tutorial and offers a lot of helpful puppet building tips. He also frequently has a lot of other talented puppet builders to guest host the show with him.

Puppets and Stuff Live
I have caught any installments of this yet, but Shawn Sorrell of Puppets and Stuff also does some puppet building live online. I believe he’s been a guest on Stiq Puppets’ show and offered some marionette making tutorials.

Hoggworks Live
Brian Hogg has also been exploring live streaming and was online Friday night building puppets and chatting with visitors. He’s also been doing live installments of Ask Palpatine.

Live streaming opens up all kinds of interesting possibilities in puppetry. It’s an exciting time to be doing this kind of stuff on the web!