They're Done!

Just completed and delivered 11 puppets for an upcoming Avenue Q production in the Quad Cities.  My biggest job and number of puppets made at a time to date!  The show goes up in October.

Final Stages and Completion

She's finished! This yet-unnamed sexy fox will be debuting in a new show at The Playground in January-check it out here!

The Steampunks Do Laundry

From "The Nerdologues Present: The Dark Side" written and performed by the Nerdologues, and puppets made by me.

Step 2

Next Puppet Project..

Still in the early stages, but I'm pretty excited to be trying an animal.

Ernst and Bernard

These two guys made their debut at The Nerdologues Present: The Dark Side on September 25th. You can check them out Sundays at 8pm at The Pub Theater through November 6th.

New project debuting this weekend...very exciting!

It's all gone!

Shiny and Pretty and New!

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A Saturday well spent.

This is a Piranha Plant (the little guy that pops out of pipes and tries to eat Mario) I made yesterday. All made of felt, with some floral wire inside to make a little bendy.

Programmer Puppet (Puppet #3)

Puppet #3...tiny hoodie!

Finally Finished! Puppet #2

Functional and decorative

Swarthy Frenchman Finger Puppet Ornaments for Everyone!

Just finished this little guy!

Reckless Curiosity

Andrew Bird's TED Talk from earlier this year (I think)..pretty interesting. I really like the concept of his new song-breaking one's own heart because no one else can. AND he has a silly sock monkey in a vest sitting on his equipment!

It's the KaPuppet herself!

Trying some new things with the construction this time around to make less work and more flexibility. You can see on my desk Amy Sedaris' new crafting book which is FANTASTIC go buy it! Penny bookmarks for everyone!

IT'S HERE!!!!!

It's finally here!!!! The Jim Henson exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry is now open! I highly recommend it, even if you don't really love puppets the way I do. Seeing Kermit and Bert and Ernie and all the other little puppets and drawings was SO COOL! They definitely did a great job designing the exhibit to be playful and interactive for kids too. It's here until January, so check it out!

Dino Puppets!

I collaborated on some dinosaur puppets, a few of which can be seen in the Loudmouth show written and performed by Michael Balzer, featured in Triple Header: Loudmouth, Sit On My Lapse & Black Ted Williams which is now going on at the IO theater in Chicago Thursday nights at 8pm.

Bring on the felt!

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September 24th is the opening day of Jim Henson's Fantastic World exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry! Drawings, props, and puppets will be there. I can already feel my head exploding with puppet happiness!