Restoring the Skeksis
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 puppets
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Puppet Pie on The View
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 special thank-you gift to co-host Joy Behar for writing an article for Etsy’s blog.
Handmade Portrait: Stacey Gordon
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 [...]
Monday Morning Inspiration: Christmas Puppet Gift Guide
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 [...]
A Hoggworks Wedding
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 [...]
Rest in Peace Kermit Love
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 [...]
Rest in Peace Stan Winston
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 [...]
Monday Morning Inspiration: RoRo’s Eclectic Sock Emporium
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 [...]
Tuesday Morning Inspiration: Kirkham Puppets
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 [...]
Figurenschneider on German TV
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 [...]
