What is a puppet maker? What is a puppeteer?

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The two main terms used when referring to people who do puppetry. Actually, the terms can often mean one and the same thing: most performers build their own puppets (or vice versa I guess), but also ‘puppeteer’ is a catch-all term which can include puppet makers who aren’t performers. Yeah, I know, it’s confusing isn’t it? But what do the different roles mean?

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