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29 Mar 2009

We seem to be mired in the worst economic recession of almost everybody’s lifetime and puppeteers (like most artists) are among the hardest hit. With the U.S. government seemingly handing out billions every other day, several people on the Puptcrit email discussion list have been debating the idea of a “Puppetry bailout” for hard hit...

18 Apr 2008

Innovative puppeteer Hobey Ford performs one of his incredible rod puppets. Hobey Ford (see previous post) is building a new site at www.hobeyford.com. Hobey is the inventor of the ever-popular “Peepers” puppets and his live shows feature some of the most graceful and beautiful puppetry I have ever seen. Check out his work from Animalia,...

19 Jul 2006

Puppeteer/builder Hobey Ford with a rod puppet bird from Hobey Ford’s Golden Rod Puppets. I’ve been doing a lot of puppetry-related research this summer and I’ve become very interested in the work of Hobey Ford, a puppeteer from North Carolina probably best known for inventing Peepers, but who also builds and performs the most amazing...