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How to protect puppets from sweaty hands
Here’s a great topic, and an odd puppet question. Actually, it’s not as strange as it sounds. When working with glove, mouth, or any other puppet where you have your hand inside the materials, you’ll find that it’s not only hard work, but sweaty work. Especially under hot stage lights. So how do you keep your puppet from going moldy?
What materials do you use for muppet-type puppets?
As mentioned in my short post about what materials to use when making a puppet, there’s no hard and fast rules as to what to use when building a puppet. However, there are some industry standard products out there that you can use, and for the most part, the following suggestions come from my experience after using The Foam Book. Some of the tips here though are things that aren’t given in that book, as I’ve found ways to improve on their suggestions.
Where can I buy/how to make puppets from Avenue Q?
I like to go to Yahoo! Answers and try and give some advice on making puppets. A regular question there - and elsewhere - is where to buy (or how to make) puppets from Avenue Q. The following gives you some info about buying replicas, along with some reasons why you can’t.
Book review: Let There Be Blacklight
The book offers a small explanation of what blacklight puppetry is, the benefits of using it, plus some info on lighting, choosing puppets, materials and tools, and includes a pattern and instructions on making a blacklight puppet sun (pictured on the front of the book).
More downloadable books coming soon...
Don't know where to start? In this guide you'll find all of the basics: definitions, theory, staging and other info all in one handy guide.
