PANDERSONIUM
- PUPPETS & SUCH -
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The Other Us
This is a series of puppets that I tend to make for myself a lot. They're relatively small and very expressive. Simple Hand/Rod puppets (also a trigger puppet) with room for an eyebrow mech or whatnot. Great for portrait puppets.
A self portrait..
Puppet Simon & The Cow Belles (From AGT Season 18)
Hand/Rod puppets using 'The Other Us' pattern
Casa Bonita Puppets
A mixture of hand/rod, mechanized puppets. Some of which consist of silicone, real plates and food. Some props too.
NorthPark Center's Annual Christmas Show "The Tale of the Yeti's Christmas Spaghetti"
I was hired to create, write, design, build and direct an original show for Dallas, TX's NorthPark Center. I used a mixture of Hand/Rod, Trigger and Walkaround Puppets.
Hand/Rod Puppet Elves....
Hand/Rod Santa Puppet
...And their mini Trigger Puppet counterparts.
The performance space allows for scene changes that can accommodate the Hand/Rod Puppets, miniature sets, mini Rod/Trigger Puppets and the Walkaround Puppet.
'Hello, Hi, How Are You?' Mr. Clown Productions PBS
I've been building puppets and props for Mr. Clown Productions for a while. A mixture of all different forms of puppets. Rod, Trigger, Hand/Rod, Carved Foam, etc.
Carved Foam Hand Puppets
Carved Foam Trigger Puppets
Static TV Prop/Puuppet with Removable Face for Green Screen Capabilities and Armatured Hands
Big Soap Hand Puppet... Mini Rod Soap Puppet
Versus...
Rod Puppet Germs
Other Odds and Ends...
Three Hand/Rod Puppets (in progress pics; note pins) and one Rod Puppet with three mechs for Head Turn, Mouth and Wing Flap
Pickle Rod/Trigger Puppet. The fleece covering is treated to give a shiny, pickle-like look.
This guy was made for a magic act for The Astonishing Show Show. A puppeteer manipulates the head, while a magician puts his hands throughgh the cuffs to perform the magic trick.
This is a 'Peeve' (Hand/Rod Puppet) commissioned by the author of the Young Adult Book 'Peeves' (Mike Van Waes) to accompany him on his book tour.
Here's a Walkaround 'Oogie Boogie' (from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas') complete with moving mouth, Live Arms and Velcro'd trenches filled with Silicone glow in the dark bugs.
"Steak Sandwich" made for a 'Crank Yanker's' promo. Foam bread, plastic lettuce, silicone meat, cheese, mayo, foam tomato.
She takes 4 puppeteers to operate and has retractable wings that flap up and down.
We built the whole puppet package for 3D's production (a total of 20 puppets) for which we were awarded a 2014 Los Angeles Ovation Honor for Puppet Design.
Dragon built (in collaboration Derek Lux of Dlux Puppets) for 3D Theatrical's 'Shrek The Musical'. She is approximately 35' long, with an articulated mouth and blinking eyes that go from yellow to green.
''Apple The Golden' made for a the owner of the real Apple the Golden who bid on a puppet that was auctioned off to help raise money for Wags & Walks an animal rescue charity. She has two mechs. One for the mouth and one for the tail to wag.
These Hand/Rod Dog Puppets were made for a client based on his own dogs. They both have mechanized Ears and Eyebrows.
The Head of a Monster for a horror movie proof of concept. Painted and Carved L200 Foam, Hinged Mouth that moved with the Performer's own mouth and a red LED light was inserted in the center hole for an Eye.
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'The Black Wizard' Hand/Rod Puppet for a YouTube Personality, based on an existing animated series. LED light up Eyes
'Scottish Zombie Hunter' Hand/Rod Puppet for the same YouTube personality
"The White Wizard' Hand/Rod Puppet for the same YouTube personality
A collection of Painted, Hand Carved, L200 weapons for this series of puppets
A full sized walk-around creature built in collaboration (Patricio Wolovitch of Encircle studios) for Super Villain Inc.
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'Trashton Kutcher' for Go90's 'Bromance' series.
An Arya Stark hand puppet built for 'Musical Thrones: A Parody of Ice and Fire' National Tour.​
These puppets were built from another artist's existing design. They are hand puppets made for one of the very first YouTube Kid's original programs 'The Fuzees.'
A series of three simple, yet glorified "Sock Puppets" made for a client as a permanent art installation at Los Angeles' Petite Ermitage Hotel.
A collection of simple carved and painted seahorses made for Henson puppeteer Victor Yerrid's Symphony show 'Leopold Loves Opera'.
'Vincent', a Hand/Rod Puppet built for 'Puppet Town' at the Nerdist Showroom in Hollywood.