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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 [...]

Mary Robinette Kowal Nominated for a Hugo

I just wanted to send out special congratulations to author, puppeteer and frequent blogger Mary Robinette Kowal, whose short story Evil Robot Monkey was just nominated for a prestigious Hugo Award. She’s nominated alongside the likes of Neil Gaiman, Cory Doctrow and Joss Whedon so this is a very, very big deal. You can find [...]

Rest in Peace Hank Stohl

Hank Stohl was a star puppeteer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the early days of television. I’m sad to report that we’ve lost another of the early pioneers of television puppetry. Henry “Hank” Stohl – a well-known as a puppeteer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1950s and `60s – passed away on Monday after a long [...]

Big Bird: Caroll Spinney loves every feather

The Seattle Times profiled puppeteer Carroll Spinney earlier this year. This was published back in June, but I only discovered it this week and I wanted to share – a nice profile of Big Bird/Oscar the Grouch puppeteer Caroll Spinney by the Seattle Times. Oh, and in case you in missed it, here’s the Sesame [...]

Mary Robinette Kowal Interview

It seems to be puppeteer interview week here on PuppetVision (check out previously blogged chats with Steve Whitmire and John Kennedy) so here’s one more, this time it’s Bibliophile Stalker chatting with the very talented Mary Robinette Kowal. For more about Mary check out her website www.maryrobinettekowal.com.

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 [...]

John Kennedy Interview

Puppeteer John Kennedy recently had a chat about his work with parenting blog Parent Zing! Hot on the heels of Tough Pigs’ week with Steve Whitmire, here’s an interview with John Kennedy. In it, John discusses his career and some of the current projects he’s working on, like the The Sure Sheep.

Tough Pigs’ Week With Steve Whitmire

Puppeteer Steve Whitmire and his alter-ego Kermit the Frog. Toughpigs ran a fantastic interview with Steve Whitmire this past week (click for parts one, two, three, four and five). In it, Joe Hennes chats with Steve about a bunch of topics, including the recent Muppet viral videos, the upcoming Letters To Santa special, the touchy [...]

Toronto Puppeteer Improvs on the Street

Alexander Winfield spent the past summer performing full-time on Toronto’s trendy Queen Street. One day this past summer I was walking along Queen West in Toronto and did a double take when I saw a puppet being performed from a burlap sack on sidewalk. I was in a rush so I couldn’t stop long enough [...]

Weekend Puppet Catch-Up

Sorry for the lack of updates this past week; I’m moving at the end of the month and having been busy looking for a new house/apartment. To make it up to you, here’s a bunch of puppet stuff to take a glance at: Hawk Attacks Puppetry Centre Employees – A red-tailed hawk was confused by [...]