Last summer, I went down to L.A. for an action-packed week for some pre-production work on Rose: the 3-D Puppet Zombie Musical. It’s an independent feature film. In 3-D! It’s written by John Skipp and has one of the weirdest and most compelling scripts I’ve run across in awhile. Allow me to just refer you […]
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This is a gag reel put together in 1990 by Disney to welcome the Muppets back.
Very funny Muppet outtake reel Read More »
While I can’t explain what pirates have to do with Christmas, the music video gives an idea of what life was like back stage at Lazytown. I’m under the scenes in a several of these shots.
Merry Christmas from Lazytown Read More »
I’ve been researching material options today as well as looking at Thor’s body. I spent a little while also trying a couple of patterns for Loki’s face, so allow me to show you my progress and thinking to date. The idea with this one is to create a lightweight rib structure of polyethylene foam and
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For the next little while, I’ll be doing periodic posts about creating the puppets for a production of Neil Gaiman’s Odd and the Frost Giants at Stages Theatre in Houston Texas. Most of these posts are actually going to be written for Rob Kimbro, the playwright and director of the show, as well as the
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I’m heading back down to Portland to perform in a Puppet Slam with Jodi Eichelberger. This is the first chance to see Jodi and me perform together in Portland in almost a decade. He and I have been trying to sort out when our last show was here and aren’t entirely sure. For those of
Reminder: Performing a puppet show in PDX tonight. Read More »
I did arrive safely at World Fantasy three hours after I’d planned to get here. The storm system that delayed our arrival in Minneapolis was an inland hurricane. The bizarre side benefit of this is that it meant that my connecting flight was also delayed so I was merely late and didn’t have to get
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This is pretty cool. The Henson company has been releasing the occasional backstage video. Here we have a screen test from Labyrinth where they are looking at the characters’ relative sizes. One of the nifty things is that Ludo doesn’t have his fur on yet so you can really see the structure of the puppet.
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Today I went out to Beaverton to teach someone how to be a giant man-eating plant. That’s right, it’s time for Little Shop of Horrors. For those who don’t know me, I’m a little addicted to the show. I’ve performed in seven different productions and trained puppeteers for other productions. I can generate a one-page
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Jon Armstrong and I got to know each other when he interviewed his fellow Campbell nominees for his podcast, If You’re Just Joining Us. We hit it off and became friends so when he asked if I’d be on his podcast again, I jumped at the chance. It’s a fun conversation. But… But. Jon knows
Interview on “If You’re Just Joining Us” with Jon Armstrong Read More »
This all kinds of awesome. Or at least, for a puppeteer it is and I think it’s pretty keen even if you aren’t geeking out about it the way I am.
Jim Henson explains puppetry in 1969 Read More »
I’m very happy to announce that I’ll be doing the puppet design for a production of Neil Gaiman’s Odd and the Frost Giants at Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston, Texas. This adaptation is by Robert Kimbro. He and I have worked together on other projects in the past and I’m incredibly excited to be involved
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Making a trailer is a multi-part process and I thought it might be interesting if I described what went into making the Shades of Milk and Honey trailer. Stage One: Defining the parameters Budget: Before anything else happened, Rob and I sat down to talk about how much we could afford to spend. Money, sadly, defines
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