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...
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About The Author
I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
Todd the Puppet Master demonstrates the proper glue gun...
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How To Train Your Dragon Live is a new $20 million-plus arena show from the same team responsible for the internationally touring arena show Walking With...
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I've been lucky enough to collaborate with Mathieu René (see previous post) - better known online as "Creaturiste" - off and on for past few years thanks to our mutual association with Unraku.He's one of the most knowledgeable and innovative puppet and mask makers working in papier mache anywhere in the world and he's now...
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A look at the creative process of Geahk Burchill, founder of The Cast Iron Carousel Marionette...
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Just some absolutely incredible animatronics by John...
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If you haven't already watched this you need to. It's an inspiring TED Talk with Handspring Puppet Company co-founders Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones explaining the evolution of their puppets, which culminated in the incredible horses of...
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I don't generally post puppet making videos here, but since it's Chinese New Year I thought that this look at the making of a Lion head for a Chinese Lion Dance was...
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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...
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This is a teaser for an upcoming DVD called An Even More Incredible Hulk from Steve Johnson's Eon Entertainment that promises "a stunning look at a 100% animatronic Hulk" that was developed, but never used for Ang Lee’s 2003 Incredible Hulk...
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Thanks to an incredible number of submissions from all of you wonderful readers and being busy with a few different film projects in recent weeks, I've once again fallen hopelessly behind with interesting things from world of puppet film and video. So once again, here's a quick weekend puppet catch...
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Online retailer Zappos.com - who are renowned for their amazing custom service - started an ad campaign earlier this year that uses actual customer calls reenacted with puppets....
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