Etsy profiles puppeteer/builder Stacey Gordon in their latest “Handmade Portrait”.
The latest video in Etsy’s Handmade Portraits series profiles puppeteer Stacey Gordon (aka Staceyrebecca). Stacey’s well-known in the online puppetry community and on Etsy where she sells some of the coolest finger puppets you’ll ever see. As a puppeteer Stacey’s performed extensively at the Great [...]
Christmas is on it’s way! If you’re looking for a great puppet gift to give this holiday take a look at these offerings from puppet builders here in Canada:
Banjo Puppets
I love Banjo Puppets’ “Gumball” and “Popcorn” puppets, they look great and they’re very affordable. To see what they have that’s currently available check out Banjo [...]
Congratulations go out to Hoggworks‘ Brian Hogg and Madelyne Hilker, who got hitched over the weekend! As longtime PuppetVision readers know, Brian is the mad genius behind the dotBoom and Ask Palpatine puppet podcasts and Madelyne (officially credited on the dotBoom web site as “Executive Ass-Kicking Coordinamatron”) is a puppet builder and costumer on most [...]
Big Bird, director Helmut Hermann, Samson and Kermit Love on the set of On the set of Sesamstrasse (the German-language version of Sesame Street).
I just got the sad news that Kermit Love passed away last Saturday at the age of 91. Kermit was an incredible puppet builder and costume designer who was long associated with [...]
Special effects master Stan Winston died Sunday night after a long battle with cancer.
Wow, I just heard the awful news that Stan Winston passed away Sunday night at his home in Malibu after a long battle with cancer. He was 62 years old.
Even if you don’t know Stan’s name, chances are you know his work. [...]
RoRo’s Eclectic Sock Emporium makes beautiful Sock Monkeys and Sock Animals.
Sock Monkeys are one of those things that most people take for granted, but actually have quite a history behind them. For some reason people always seem to confuse them with Sock Puppets and often assume they’re one in the same.
There’s a lot of Sock [...]
Kirkham Puppets makes beautiful, handcrafted papier mâché hand puppets.
If you like traditional, hand crafted puppets you’ll love the work of Kirkham Puppets. Kelly Kirkham makes some of the most wonderful papier mâché hand puppets and marionettes I’ve ever seen; photos don’t really do them justice.Kelly is also one of the many puppet builders from right [...]
German puppet builder Norman Schneider was recently interviewed by a local television station.
If you read many puppetry blogs than you probably already know that a lot of us puppeteer/bloggers have been oohing and aahing lately over the beautiful work of German puppet builder Norman Schneider and his company Figurenschneider (I blogged about him over at [...]
Folkmanis recently ran a commercial on video billboards in Times Square.
A really cute commercial for Folkmanis puppets was produced last year and features puppeteers Elaine Kollias, Wendy Morton, Lee Armstrong and Kamela Portuges. It ran on the Geoffrytron Video Billboard in Times Square during the Christmas season and can be found on various video sharing [...]
Popcorn puppets are cute and small puppets created by Joel Brubacher.
These Popcorn Puppets are cute little creatures made from clothes pins, some tiny eyes, and scrap fur. They were created by Toronto-based puppet builder and super nice guy Joel Brubacher. More pics and puppets are available on Joel’s Banjo Puppets web site.
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