Little Shop of Horrors, seems like all us puppeteers have been thier.

I think i would Be hard pressed to find a Puppeteer in the USA or Canada who hasn't been in or been a part of a Production of Little shop of Horrors, It was my first puppet build for any show when i was in Verona High School ,Here in Glorious Essex County NJ. I did it again when i got out of college for Montclair High school. i also consulted on a couple of local theatre productions.

Its a great show, lots of room to play and create, This past year i worked on Two Builds for the show, One for my Little brothers production at Catholic university in Washington DC, and i helped out my Buddies over at Monkey Boys as well,


Mine was pretty much done on the fly, low budget , with only about a month to build it all , the monkey boys worked Closely with Martin P Robinson, (the puppeteer , and original creator of Audrey II) to build one for Rent around the country, they worked closely from the Designs that Marty created, and they came out great , Check out their Audrey II here

http://www.monkeyboysproductions.com/

And here are a few images of my Little shop efforts from over the years.


Montclair High Production, circa 1996


and here are the Puppets for Catholic University,


My rough Designs






And the Puppets




Stage 2



Stage 3


Stage 4

before i go to the crap PArt Time Job, here are some pictures

Freelancing isnt easy.

Anyone who says it is ,is Lying or Delutional.We all have bills to pay, and Some times puppet design and building doesnt cover it all, I myself work a variety of Part Time Jobs, Always hoping the next big gig is around the corner while making catering deliveries or Managing a local coffee shop.

Here are some pictures from my Past puppet projects. (I told you this blog would be Random)

Last year i was asked to build these guys for a Small budget childrens TV show in Pensylvania

i hada tight time fram and Brought in some help for this one, puppet builders Mike Latini (of Monkey Boys) and Mike Schupbach (of the puppet kitchen)

Latini built Fred the Fridge, and Schupbach built Reggie the Reggister. I took care of the Donny Dictionary , and the pear shaped Computer named Bartlet. (insert Rim shot here).

some other things I have done.

Being a puppet designer is a odd career by most peoples standards, I have had my share of odd and disturbing requests over the years, I remember one women who wanted me to fix a old Javan Marionette that she had , seemed pretty straight forward to me until she added that the pubic hair present on the puppet was hers. I just don't understand conceptual artists.

any way here are some puppets designs and puppets that do not involve human pubic hair or bodily fluids.


These two where Designed based on some very rough drawings supplied by the client,Ultimately the Puppet design and Puppet build went to another designer, but i do like the way they came out , maybe not the most innovative of designs, but they would have made nice puppets.

The above Drawing is from Brian Frouds book "The Goblins of Labyrinth", I love Beaky Monsters and took a Stap at making this guy into a posable Sculpture.I used Sculpy , armature wire, and lots of fur and fabric scraps.I also used some scrap wonderflex to make the armor.

good morning , Hers a post to start the day

heres a new post , before i go off to bed, Enjoy

This is Scratch and Molt, The stars of a possible series for the web/tv

check out thier Creator ,Darrin McGowan's Website Here

Darrin McGowan

Angry Feathers

one more post for today , Maybe more tomorow, who knows.

Just some puppets I have made,

Little orange guy for an international Client

A Pelican

and a Beaky Monster thing.

and Finally a Video for a Commercial I worked on a few years ago.

ok, So I didnt keep my word, on the new blog updates

So I guess i should add some stuff to the old Page,

This year has been sort of busy, not as busy as i would like, but busy.I have had a few fun Freelance projects, Nothing steady(i do miss working with my Puppet building colleagues), but I am thankful for the projects I have had. here are some of the more recent puppet projects.

I had a lot of fun with these two projects , hopefully I'll get to work on some more videos with these guys soon.

Pot Cookie Monster,
Clearly a Parody of the old "On The Wall" segments from Sesame Street , My first Job with College Humor, Designed and built the Puppets as well as Lead Puppeteer. My Right hand man (Literally) was my friend Rei Padilla


Pot Cookie Monster










Here is Project number Two

A very ambitious and Fun project , this was a Parody of the Classic Disney Film, "The Little Mermaid", along with Hints of the Production Style , and Scope of a "Muppet Show" sketch, I designed and built all the puppets . Puppeteers are Myself ,Rei Padilla, and Frankie Corderro, along with some help from the production crew.

Kiss the Girl...Continued