Module 2-Jumping Mechanism Starting in September, I joined Puppets In Prague for their year-long workshops on creating automata- table top mechanical toys and figures, animated through the use of simple cranks, wheels and cams. Back in the summer of 2020, I was part of their first on-line marionette carving workshop and have stayed in touch, watching Mirek & Leah grow this amazing international community of artists and makers. I’m now 4 months into a 9 month long series of

For the last two weeks, I've participated in two workshops with the Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival. The first workshop,...

Week two continued with more body carving, and then lectures & demonstrations about how Mirek created out kits and the various types of joints used based on puppet design and function. Then we learned about assembling and stringing our puppets to the control. Lastly, we met with the other group to show and tell our puppets. The upcoming August group of students joined us to see what is in store! After I finished carving the limbs, I focused on the body. For my ballerina desi

On my "bucket list" for years has been to participate in a marionette carving workshop at Puppets in Prague. I'm on their mailing list...

I just returned from the Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival. I participated in Catapult 2, learning about scroll puppets and ...