I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
I began my career as a professional puppeteer with Famous PEOPLE Players (FPP) a really acclaimed black light theatre company. I spent almost four years there in the late `90s and it was a really remarkable formative experience for me. It's safe to say that not a single day goes by that I don't make...
Tough Pigs recently sat down for an interview with Bonnie Erickson, a former head of the Muppet Workshop and currently the Executive Director of the Jim Henson...
Just some absolutely incredible animatronics by John...
I was doing some animatronics research the other day and I came across the YouTube channel of veteran FX artist Greg McKee, who has lots of great videos posted on YouTube....
A look at the work of Norman Schneider, who was responsible for the frog in last week's German music video Küssen kann man nicht...
As a rule I don’t generally post about puppet building workshops here, but this one is taking place a mere 20 meteres or so from where I happen to typing this, so I’ll consider it fair game. If you’re in or near Toronto this weekend, Unraku is hosting a marionette making workshop with Kelly Kirkham...
This three part installment of Steve Johnson's Rubber Rules series on YouTube (see previous post) offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the creation of one of the most iconic puppet characters of the 1980s -...
Puppet Heap has a great looking all-new...
Noted puppet builder Dave Pavelonis died suddenly of a heart attack over the weekend....
In this video installment of the Henson.com Podcast from earlier this year, the Creature Shop's Head of Puppet Fabrication, Julie Zobel, explains the process of restoring several Skeksis...
Stacey Gordon had her puppets featured on the U.S. national morning talk show The View this week! The puppets in question are caricatures of The View's co-hosts Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd and Barbara Walters. They were originally commissioned last year by Etsy - where Stacey is a well-known puppet maker - as a...
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...