A little while ago, we moved into a new house in Guelph. At the same time (or, more correctly, about a month before) the lease on our previous studio expired, and we’ve yet to locate a suitable space in our new city (we could be commuting from Kitchener to Guelph, but that’s a 30 minute [...]
This isn’t puppetry news in any way, shape or form, but it does relate to storytelling, so I hope you’ll indulge me: I was just listening to This Week in Tech, where Leo and friends were, among many other topics, dissecting the recent Microsoft ad featuring both Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. Former editor of [...]
I saw this a little while ago, but it seems to be making the rounds again, so I thought I’d jump on the bandwagon and post a link to it. It’s a Zombie-powered rendition of “Dust in the Wind,” by Ottawa-based puppeteer Matt Ficner.
First of all, I think the puppets are great. They’re exactly the [...]
By way of Boingboing, Mary Robinette Kowal talks about the reason that professional puppets are so expensive. Not to spoil the punch-line for you, but it ain’t the materials you’re paying for, it’s the time, effort, and expertise of the puppet-builder.
While I agree with Mary’s concern about the perception of the cost of building a [...]
Check it out, everybody:
http://www.forum.askpalpatine.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=52
We’re now in the voting phase, and I want to thank, again, everybody who submitted a design. We got some fantastic pieces of work sent to us; really tremendous stuff. Thanks also to our panel of celebrity judges, who are now faced with the unenviable task of actually picking the best [...]