Dressing the Naked Hand

Exciting news on the Puppetry book!

Dressing the Naked Hand

The World's Greatest Book on Puppets and Puppetry

The book cover, while still subject to last minute changes, is settled upon. Tentative release date August 2013 from Familius Publishing.
 (I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share it yet, or what the protocol is, but ... maybe soon)

The final illustrations, photos, and video should be finalized by the end of February.

And... one of my co-authors (Mark's talent is the reason I got into puppetry in the first place) was recently featured in the LDS Film Festival and he is also being featured in the upcoming 'Fab 50' issue of Utah Valley Magazine.

...and now, for your viewing pleasure, the film festival openers, featuring the puppets of Mark Pulham



Enjoy!

Finishing up George,

the stuffed dog who wanted to be a real puppet . . .

When we left, George was an eating puppet, but not a talking puppet. Time to make George talk!

 Sew another bag, this one does not have to be wide like the stomach.

Long and skinny.

Sew all 4 sides - a tube with no opening

Something I did for the Library . . .

Turning a Stuffed Animal into a Specialty Puppet

First, let me tell you that I have been carrying my copy of Bark George (OPL Link) by Jules Feiffer in the car for months.

The reason?
     I've known for a long time that I wanted to figure a way to 'do' Bark George in a story or laptime.

The problem:
     How do I work out the mechanics of it? Is it going to be an Old Lady Who Swallowed the Fly style of telling? You've seen the varieties, small animals and a swallowing old lady; big cardboard lady with a hole cut out for her stomach that you drop the animals into; a dress you wear and you get to act as the old lady and your 'belly' grows.

As good as these sound, they just weren't feeling right for George. George has to be 'hiding' the animals from the beginning and the vet takes them out.

Well - I'm telling you all - head on over to your local Goodwill or second-hand store. Find a LARGE stuffed dog with a likely mouth. You'll know it when you see it. It might take a few months, but when it happens, you'll know it!

 Let me introduce you all to GEORGE!

 

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 He has the perfect deep mouth I needed, it's almost already a puppet, and he's fairly large. The only drawback, he's not the same breed as found in Feiffer's book. Beggars can't be choosers.

To help this page load faster, I have inserted a page break. If you want to see how I made George the stuffed animal into George the specialty puppet . . . read on . . .