I see several tutorials for dyeing fleece and the methods are fine if you have a yard or so, but what if you only have a small patch you wish to dye (say maybe a foot in length). What adjustments would you make?

I'm currently attending college for theatre and for my stagecraft class we have to make, "a prop, preferably a piece of furniture" in the professor's words. I'd like to make something for puppets that isn't just a basic stool with a mirror. Does anyone on this group have any suggestions or ideas? I'm open to basically anything since the school's paying for our materials

I am teaching Adobe Illustrator to a class of Puppet and Costume Design students. Now, I come from graphic and video design background so I don't necessarily have the best idea of how you guys utilize Illustrator for your work and this is where I would need your help.

I would love to know what you use it or would use it for if you had to.

Is it line work (please excuse my language since English is not my first language so I could be very wrong with the terms I use), working and creating patterns, creating sketches and designs and showcasing them from different point of views?

Basically, I want to know what you do so I could tailor my classes to my students so they can get the best and the most out of it. So I can create assignment that are not going to be a formality but rather something that will help them long-term.

Thank you

If Jim Henson had managed to create an all adult show would you watch it with the same enthusiasm as you did the Muppet show or Fraggle Rock?

Hello, I am making a life-sized chicken (18 inches tall, 12 inches long, 8 inches wide) for a show we are doing in my theater. I have a control stick into its head and back. It is made of XPS foam so it is light enough to lift. Since this is my first time making a puppet, I have not found an example or material to use to make the legs. I just need them to look somewhat like they are moving or at least not drag too much. I can use strings as the wings use strings to let them fold upward. Thanks!

I've been asked this several times because puppetry is still a pretty new endeavour for me (not even 6 months yet).

My answer is simple - despite growing up watching sesame street and the muppets and some other shows with puppets in them, it never occurred to me as something I'd want to do.

Until I discovered Randy Feltface (a puppet comedian/storyteller). He literally changed my life. I love his style and range so much and I decided I had to give it a try for myself. Plus I'm naturally a playful and creative person, so it's a perfect outlet.

I'm currently in the process of trying to procure a couple more puppets to do skits with, since I have a lot of character ideas.

So I'm making a movie with action figures and I want there heads to swivel and there arms to raise without it being obvious someone is moving it. I'm stumped as to how I could do that though

Hey there!

I'm planning out a harness worn dragon puppet.

The idea is that the puppeteer will wear a drum harness that will have a couple of poles mounted to it that will have a dragon head puppet attached to the end, with a wire going down to open and close the mouth. I've got a prototype head, I have ideas for attaching the poles to the harness, my only problem is I'm not sure what to use for the poles themselves.

I'm wanting a length of something around 6 feet for the poles, so I am afraid that wood would not hold up well without bending/breaking, and something like aluminum would get too heavy for the harness wearer.

Any ideas?

I have a set of 40cm puppets that I got from a friend. I am looking for a theater that I could transport and set up to perform in. I have a PVC pipe green screen stand that I like. Does anyone have good designs for a PVC marionette theater? Or recommendations for building a marionette theater for this size puppet? Most of what I see online is either expensive or built for smaller scale.

So I watched an old sml blog and I found this puppet and I kinda want her