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    Planning a Puppet Building Workshop in WI

    Hey everyone, This summer there is a puppet building workshop in TX. I can't take advantage of that, but it did get me thinking. I really want to learn how to build mechs and create foam puppets from a clay sculpt and mold. I have organized large events before, and I thought "why not organize...
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    Rod Puppets and Table-top Puppets, Hansjorgen Fettig

    Already called the local library, and had them search the interlibrary loan database....nothing. We put a requet out there in the cyberworld, but the librarian warned me that responses to such requests are rare and take a long time.
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    Rod Puppets and Table-top Puppets, Hansjorgen Fettig

    Hello everybody. I am working on creating some mechs for some puppets and just trying to increase my over all knowledge of puppet construction. That is why i am trying to find a copy of Rod Puppets and Table-top Puppets by Fettig. I know only 1000 were printed in English. I also know I can...
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    Eyebrow mechanism

    Dave Privett (sp?) has a video series...it has a great section on eyebrow mechs and blinking eyes. It is well worth the money.
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    Take away his keys!

    That was hilarious.
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    Ventriloquist dummies

    I know that we all love "muppet" style puppets. Marionettes kinda rock too. As a puppet builder, even if I am just doing it for fun, I want my finished product to look as "professional" as possible. I can not find a lot of good help on how to construct a ventriloquist dummy that will last...
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    My Muppet Whatnot Broke!

    I've been making puppets off and on for about 5 years now. I usually use patterns that other people create. Because I do not have enough experience building puppets, I am not 100% confident that my creation will "turn out." I'm not made of money, so i cut corners on materials (I use polar...
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    Puppetry Classes

    Matleo, what are the construction classes like at Uconn? I looked at their cirriculum, and is was very heavy on the performance side of puppetry, but how good was it on character design and construction? thanks.
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    Making it a living?

    perhaps this should be under a new thread, but i'll tack it up here. I am getting bored with making puppets from other people's patterns. I think they are a GREAT way to build your first few puppets, but now i really want to make my own stuff....but i don't know how to get what i sketch to...
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    Making it a living?

    Thanks for the replies guys. I agree, doing what you don't really want to do, just because it pays the bills isn't the ideal way to live. Although i know many men and women who do it that way. But what if somebody's love isn't something they can make a living off from. For example...
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    Making it a living?

    do any of you do puppetry for a living? Or do you have a group that is incorporated? How do you fund such a group. Or is this just a hobby for many of you- a hobby that is sometimes confused for a job?
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    new puppet on ebay ding the bat

    you have really got a gift. that is awesome work.
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    Making a puppet with Head and neck seperate from the body

    Arms Length has an awesome video that covers that technique! David uses a sleeve, but attaches is the the puppet body with velcroe..or however it's spelled. Try to get your hands on those videos or instructions. They are worth every penny- thanks again puppet planet!!!!!
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    Open Source Puppetry Project

    oh yeah....kinda forgot about that stuff...then name and what have you... ya know what would be funny, maybe annoying though, is if you never knew what the race was called or the planet they were from....kind of like on Home Improvement..you never saw wilson's mouth...you'd get close...you...
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    Open Source Puppetry Project

    I think we've got our basic concept, let's just go out and work with it as individuals. Those creative and energetic enough to get the early videos or postcards done will kind of set the tone for the rest of us- especially in refernece to what this "monster race" will look like. About the only...
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    Puppet Pattern Sale

    I really was interested in your pattern- but i don't care for the look of uncovered foam. How soon will you have the add on's available. I think i would like to get your patters if they include instructions on fleece covering. thanks
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    Open Source Puppetry Project

    honestly- this is very good- but not too original (which is ok, i am a firm believer in the fact that is nothing new under the sun!) This sounds very similar to Invader Zim, which is a hilarious cartoon. And i think doing a puppet version of something similar to that would be fantastic and fit...
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    Eye Ball's

    walmart sells little felt adhesive cirlces - they go on the bottom of chairs so that they don't scratch wood floors. Those things work great!
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    Open Source Puppetry Project

    Danny, actually i grew up over by Tomah, and i only spent one year in TN. Now i live just south of you, on the "I", and i too am a Lutheran Christian. sorry to burden the rest of you with that info....btw..this project sounds cool. Kudos to whoever got this going. (kudos to us if we ever...
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    Open Source Puppetry Project

    Actually i live in wisconsin now. So my monster might be snow covered very soon!
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