http://puppeteersunite.com Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:26:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the past 4 years of posting here I have struggled with the direction this blog was going. I have made numerous notices about changes I had planned on making to the blog (ie.providing more focus driven content).  Unfortunately, life has gotten in the way and those ideas fell flat. I struggle with different concepts for this blog and have come to ... http://puppeteersunite.com/?p=1222 The folks at Swazzle created 19 puppets for the Pee Wee Herman show playing at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles until Feb. 7th. In an article posted by Sean Johnson, he describes the trials and tribulations they went through to produce and perform all the puppets for the show.Funny or ... http://puppeteersunite.com/?p=1220 http://puppeteersunite.com/?p=1219 Elmo wants you to make a monster friend! Its easy! In this video Elmo's will show you how to choose a monster body and give it eyes, nose and a hat—there are lots and lots and lots to choose from. When youre done, Elmo will dance and play with your ... http://puppeteersunite.com/?p=1215 The Henson Company podcast presents a video about puppeteering using video monitors. They also give you instructions on how you can do the same thing at home with a television and video camera. To view please click onto the link below and then click onto the left hand section that reads: Basic ... http://puppeteersunite.com/?p=1213 Spike Jonze, Director of Where the Wild Things Are,  Adaptation and Being John Malkovich  is releasing a new movie short entitled "I'm Here". Little is known about the film but it seems like it emulates the same process as Where the Wild Things Are- people in full body costumes are filmed ... http://puppeteersunite.com/?p=1212 Thistledown Puppets has carefully crafted and transformed a great American classic....The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe! This experimental project combines the written word with beautifully staged puppets as illustrations. For only 99 cents the book is now available for purchase at Amazon Kindle or you can your copy from Thistledown ... http://puppeteersunite.com/?p=1210 I received this email the other day... Greetings, We are gearing up for our casting call.   Please RSVP by January 16th 2010 so we can have some kind of idea who is attending the casting call and who is not.  I have also attached the submission packet. Please down load, the correct one ... http://puppeteersunite.com/?p=1209 Artist Norman Schneider, who's work I admire greatly; has just posted some recent works. Enjoy! Pinocchio http://www.figurenschneider.de/klappmaulfiguren_pinocchio.php Fox and Cat http://www.figurenschneider.de/klappmaulfiguren.php Heidi http://www.figurenschneider.de/walk_acts_heidi.php http://puppeteersunite.com/?p=1208 Hey everyone, I'm back and hopefully for a long time. Since November 2009 I have been sick for a total of 34 days! I had the swine flu, then acute bronchitis, and then food poisoning...I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired LOL  Anyway, I'm back now and thank you all ... http://puppeteersunite.com/?p=1206