Ping Pong anyone?

Here's a Construction Diary from puppetmuseum.com.

There's a lot of pages to explore on this site. Very cool photos, information and techniques. Happy surfing.

I'd like to thank the judges...

The top 10 finalists are finally in!! My entry Snoop Otter Otter made the top 10!!!!

No matter if I win or lose, I'd like to thank the judges for including Snoop in the top 10. To me that honor itself means I won. Snoop is the third puppet that I've built. I have 8 more started. I am so hooked on puppet building... This would be a good place to thank my wife for putting up with me. :) Thanks Cyn!

Good luck everyone! May the best puppet win!!

Road Trip... Anyone calling shotgun??

The Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe - Bringing the Beauty and Drama of Traditional Japanese Bunraku Puppetry to the United States.

Check out the link for Summer 2006 Program. Anyone up for a road trip? To Japan? Wish I could afford this.

One mans trash is another mans puppet...

Here is an interesting puppet company called Lunatique Fantastique. All of their puppets are made from trash or discarded items of one form or another.


Be sure to check out their media section for some great videos. My faviorite is The Wrapping Paper Caper.

He's dead jim...

We morn the death of Boo Boo the Chicken...

Sorry, this is kind of goofy but it made me laugh.

LaBeata...

Visit www.labeata.com. This is the site of a young polish artist that makes beautiful marionettes.

Wish I could afford to buy one. She creates portrait marionettes that are stunning. Be sure to explore all of her site. She is very talented.

Bunraku... Huh?

I've been searching for information on the Bunraku style of puppetry and I have found a good website that I wanted to share.


The Puppet Theater of Japan: An Introduction to Bunraku

Stringing it up...

Here is a cool Flash animation on how to string a marionette.

By Eric Hagstrom