Wow, it's been awhile since I've blogged.I had previously posted a couple of messages on here about some of the personal upheaval that's kept me away from the puppetry intrawebs for so long. I'm somewhat reluctant to discuss my personal life and circumstances in a public forum like this - if anything recent events have taught me to never, ever do that again - but suffice to say I had a number of deaths and serious illnesses among my family and friends including the passing of my father and th... Read Full Story

This is mainly just an update for anyone who enrolled in the Puppet Building 101 online puppet building course...originally I had intended to restart the course this month however after taking a really long, hard look at my personal and professional commitments I've come to the realization that circumstances force me completely cancel it and issues refunds to everyone who was still enrolled:If you already requested a refund via PayPal, you will receive a full refund within 6-8 business days (... Read Full Story

This is just about the worst post I've ever had to write here. I've been putting off doing it for a couple days.Sorry again for the lack of updates to PuppetVision. In my last post I alluded to a family emergency that was going on. Well, in the last couple weeks, both my father and now one of my closest friends have died. Neither were puppeteers, but each of them in their own way are big part of why this blog started so it seemed fitting to take a couple moments to tell you about them.My fath... Read Full Story

Sorry for the lack of recent updates. I've recently been occupied by a family emergency and updates may be few and far between over the summer as a result. If you're enrolled in the Puppet Building 101 course, it's been placed on hold until July 13th, at which point it will resume.I have no definite future plans right now, but things will probably return to normal sometime around late August or early September. Thanks for your understanding. Read Full Story

Kathy Danley made a short video featuring an adorable Sock Zombie.Remember Erin Glaser's Sock Zombies? Well, Kathy Danley went and made a short film with one of them! You can watch Sock Zombie "doing the dating thing" on YouTube. Read Full Story

Jay ThePal (and Kay ThePal) seem to be popping up all over social media lately.It took me a little while to figure out what was up with Jay ThePal, a puppet character that seemed to start popping up all over every social media website that you can think of lately. I think I first saw him (along with Kay ThePal) when they gave me a shout-out on 12seconds.tv, which is sort of Twitter for video.Jay ThePal is one of those FAO Schwartz "Whatnot" Muppet puppets and seems to be a sort of puppetry ex... Read Full Story

Dan Stevers creates Christian-themed motion graphics.Over the past month or I've been watching and enjoying Dan Stevers' Christian-themed motion graphics videos on Vimeo. Two of my favourites are The Light of the World and Life With God. Some of Dan's videos are artistic interpretations of Christian scripture, while others simply illustrate basic Christian principles.You can see all of Dan's videos on Vimeo. His work is available to purchase from Worship House Media. Read Full Story

Puppetry students at the University of Hawaii re-create The Evolution of Dance with a puppet.I love Bunraku-style puppetry, so I really enjoyed seeing A Study of Movement (The Evolution of Dance), a final project for a puppetry class at the University of Hawaii inspired by the famous YouTube viral video. Read Full Story

Paul recently did a great post on his blog about Jim Henson's early commercial spots and how that could be a successful advertising model today. I think he's absolutely right; his post reminds me of one I wrote a couple years ago called Using Puppets To Pay The Bills.The 30 second pre-roll ad is almost universally hated. The web is a new medium that we're still in early stages of exploring. The people who really "break through" and define it will be the ones who figure out new ways of telling... Read Full Story

"OK" nicely combines puppetry and pop-up books.I know at least a couple puppeteers who love to make pop-up books. This music video from an unfortunately named band seems to combine those two interests very nicely.Via Mary Robinette Kowal. Read Full Story