In the world of “my life is completely bizarre” yesterday’s antics have led me to pick up a new gig. A new, totally rocking, gig. It goes something like this. Rob had carpal tunnel surgery on Monday and came home with a Giant Block of Foam strapped to his arm. I found this amusing. So […]
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There’s a tiny view of what life working on “Where the Wild Things Are” over at Page 63 of your Manual: Where The Wild Things Are. The monsters, if you don’t already know, are giant puppet suits that the actors wore, and I was one of three Refurb (refurbishment) techs on the film. Each day
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My nephew is coming to visit and somewhat to my surprise has a fondness for musicals. We’re going to see Avenue Q for certain. He likes Les Mis and Man of La Mancha. I’m trying to restrict myself to tickets available through TDF but I’m a little out of touch with what’s happening on Broadway
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Just in case you haven’t seen it. Here is the beautiful trailer of “Where the Wild Things Are” chock full of fantastic body puppetry and animatronic goodness.
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We’re having a conversation on puptcrit (Puppet Critique), which is a listserver for puppeteers, about scripting for puppet theater. One of the major problems with writing for puppet theater is that it is a very specific and different skill set from writing for live actors. I don’t write the scripts for our shows, because that’s
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Let me start by saying that if you are fortunate enough to receive an invitation to speak to the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, you should accept with alacrity. They are in every way gracious hosts and just plain fun. It’s also nice to see such a thriving community of SF fans and writers. I spoke
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. . just a reminder that I’m the guest at the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society‘s March 13th meeting. Come by at 8:00 at the Rotunda, (directions) on 4014 Walnut Street. I’ll be talking about the intersection of puppetry and SF.
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This week I take a screaming whirlwind through the different forms of puppetry and cgi that go into making the creatures of fantasy. Go on over and ask questions about puppets.
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YesButNoButYes: Elmo Meets Ricky Gervais.
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There are days when a simple question can make your world collide. I was looking for non-Henson hand puppets from feature length fantasy films so I tossed the question up on twitter to see what would come back. (Gremlins are serving my purpose). In the midst of this Berry Kercheval sends me this message. “Shari
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One night only. Jodi Eichelberger and I are performing an original piece, “Dinner Conversation” as part of Puppet Playlist, this Thursday at 7:30 pm at The Tank, in NYC. Puppet Playlist takes talented puppeteers and brilliant musicians and slams them together into an evening of live theater to stir the senses. Our first Playlist will
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My newest gig is doing props and “specialty items” for a play up at Barnard College. The specialty items consist of a series of crow puppets and a box of entrails. When the director called me, she said, “So, do you have any ideas on how we can make a box of entrails? [1. side
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Lately, my schedule has been keeping time with Rob’s which means that we’re often up until 2 a.m. The advantage to this is that when he goes to bed, I can continue recording in the quietest time. The downside is when I have to be up early the next morning. Like today. I had a
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I was just introduced to the work of the amazing Bruno Torfs. He lives in Marysville, Australia and creates art that is inspired by and inhabits nature. The slide show is truly beautiful. But then as I was looking through the site, I came upon this. On Saturday the 7th of February 2009 The Township
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Here are the much delayed and often promised pictures of the finish work on the lamb. As you might remember, I had to make significant changes to the taxidermy form. Once that was finished, I began covering the lamb with lambskin. I looked for a good fake fur version, but could only find them in
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