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    Sea Monster on eBay

    This guy is so awesome!
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    Call for submissions: Chicago Puppet Slam

    Hey puppeteers! i originally posted this in the build forum instead of here, oops! Don't mean to spam anyone. Do you have a puppet piece you’d like to perform but no place to show it? Do you have some new technique or story you’d like to try out? Well now’s your chance. Sea Beast Puppet...
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    Chicago Puppet Slam: Call For Submissions

    Hey puppeteers! Do you have a puppet piece you’d like to perform but no place to show it? Do you have some new technique or story you’d like to try out? Well now’s your chance. Sea Beast Puppet Company is hosting a puppet slam at Gorilla Tango Theater in Chicago on June 24th. For those of you...
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    Come work for Chicagoland's Sea Beast Puppet Company!

    Hello, My name is Mary Kate and I am one of the founding members of Sea Beast Puppet Company. Currently we are seeking some additional help building and performing our new and touring shows. Here at Sea Beast, everyone aids in the build and performance of our shows and is paid per performance...
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    New Eco-based Puppet DVD

    forgot to mention... That all three of the puppets in the show were made by Furry Puppet and they did an amazing job. The one I work with, the possum, is very easy to manipulate and lightweight as well as pretty realistic looking. http://furrypuppet.com MK
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    New Eco-based Puppet DVD

    Hi all, I've been a member of the forum for a while now and I wanted to post about the new puppet video I'm a part of. Here's a snippet of the official press release. " 2 rockstars fall in love and complete a ground-breaking preschool DVD out of their basement apartment with the help of their...
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    Copyrighting puppets

    Ravagefrackle, that was a pretty good post there. and while i do agree strongly with what you're saying, this is my first "big" gig, deep down i know i should be charging more, but it's hard for me to reconcile pricing when i feel like if this falls through, poof, it's back to square one. i...
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    Copyrighting puppets

    thanks guys. I'm doing all of the designing and building, he's merely suggested the kinds of characters he'd like, it's all very vague still, he's in busy producer mode which means i send him emails and voicemails and he doesn't respond to me for days, but i figure i should know this in case he...
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    Copyrighting puppets

    so, i'm (supposedly) desigining and building puppets for a guy who wants to create a puppet sketch show here in Chicago. we're still talking about pricing and such (i want to charge about $360 in labor for each puppet and then about $80 for materials, but he doesn't want to spend that much...
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    Online Resource

    hey guys, i went to school at NYU and frequently went down to canal st. for various projects. Canal rubber is definitely still there, as is the giant Pearl Paint store and it's extensions. i graduated this May, but was there all summer. now i'm in chicago and it's much harder to find stuff out...
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    new antron fleece replacement?

    hi all, i remember reading a while back about the makers of antron fleece stopping the production and replacing it with something else. i tried looking in the forum here but i wasn't able to find any information about it. could anyone help me? I need to send an estimate to someone i'm building...
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    human arm puppet

    oh, i just found the human arm puppet thread, sorry guys. i tried searching for it but i didn't get any results. MK:o
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    human arm puppet

    Hi all, so, i'm constructing a bunch of human arm puppets for my theatre piece and i wanted to double check and make sure i'm going to go about this the right way. The puppets will be performed Avenue Q style, with the performers in plain view of the audience. To make a puppet i attach the...
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    constructing a portfolio

    thanks everyone, this is all very helpful. Ravagefrackle: I know gigs out there are few and far between, which is why i've been told it's better to be a freelancer. I don't have the skill at the moment to freelance, i would like at least a year working under an established professional before i...
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    constructing a portfolio

    so, i'm finally graduating college (New York University) and i'm looking around New York for puppet building/puppeteering opportunities. In order to do so, I need to put together a portfolio. I was wondering if anyone had any advice or tips on how to put one together. I have a bunch of photos of...
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