I'm loving this little character.   I have no idea what it's going to turn in to, but it's a fun puppet. It's based on a very simple puppet pattern, but I got to work on my sewing skills while building it, which is awesome. As simple as this puppet is, it has some tricky parts for a self taught sewer

So, right now my sewing space looks like a flamingo molted in there and the puppet I'm working on looks like a dish mop with a hollow mouth, but that's progress, I guess?   For the last two days of my puppet building adventure, I'm working on sewing a cloth and foam puppet. This type of hand puppet isn't one

  Short post tonight. I finished experiment 2 out of 3 in my puppet building adventure.   I will post a video later, but for now, here's the pictures of the result. Most of the joints that I tried on the puppet worked- I love the way the spine bends. The hinges that I found for that really work well. The

The grant that's letting me do this puppet exploration this week is to work on building techniques.   I've learned in workshops over the years and explore them in depth. This is so important to me because I rarely have time to work on building puppets without the pressure of a show. Usually, if I'm building a puppet, it has

It's been a long day today in a good way. I took a break from puppets this afternoon to take part in a workshop lead by @_clieu , hosted by @laurierwec . Everyone who tuned into the workshop was awesome and supportive which is so what I need right now. @nikeabbottand I really enjoyed it. Then, I made prototypes of