Hobey

I made this rod puppet in 1979 see photo album for a detailed story

I made these puppets around 1979 after inspiration of Clyde Hollifield and his monkey puppets, which were 6 inch tall monkey rod puppets. They have amazing articulation (see video gallery). These are characters inspired by Brian Froud and Alan Lee's book "Fairies". I made them with maple (elf), black walnut (Quagmire Ankledeep & Leprechaun), bone (fairie, elves legs), Oak (troll). I showed a friend who said Jim Henson was filming a movie using Froud's work and so went to NYC and visited the studio trying to get a job on the movie with my puppets.

This album relates to an article I did for the Puppetry Journal. You can find the article in Downloads section. It is the story of discovering a collection of Sue Hastings marionettes in my attic.

I am working slowly at putting together a video version of "Whale Walker" This clip is an experimental test of a compositing technique.

Here are my press shots frOtherom over the years

A short sample animation using shadow puppets.

Peepers Puppet

A ballet of carved foam animal puppets set to the music of Paul Winter Concort (www.livingmusic.com)

A hand comes to life as it discovers Peepers Puppet

Here are some photos of my puppets