The PuppetVision Blog is all about puppeteers and the art of puppetry. Founded in 2004, its mission to discover and share great puppetry from around the world and across the web.
Here’s some of the most recent stories featured on the blog…
- The Paper Puppetry of Shotaro Kitada - Tokyo-based artist Shotaro Kitada creates whimsical paper puppetry.
- Fanning the flames of Indonesian Shadow Puppetry - A profile of Ida Bagus Putera Baruna, who is preserving the art of Wayang Kulit in Indonesia.
- Bi-weekly Puppetry News Round-Up: MacBeth Edition - It's your biweekly round-up of puppetry news and opportunities from around the world.
- Monday Morning Inspiration: Ekow Nimako’s Stunning LEGO Sculpture - Ekow Nimako stunning, futuristic, and whimsical LEGO® sculptures push the artistic boundaries of what can be achieved with simple, interlocking plastic bricks.
- A remarkable Russian puppet film - Co-directed by famed Russian master puppeteer Sergei Obraztsov, The Celestial Creature is a truly remarkable puppet film.
- Meet a Bunraku Master Craftsman - This is an interview with Amari Yōichirō, one of the few remaining traditional puppet makers in Japan. In it, he discusses his craft and demonstrates examples of the puppet heads that he carves at his studio in Tokushima, on Japan’s Shikoku Island. Yōichirō-san creates puppet heads for Awa ningyō jōruri...
- Bi-Weekly Puppetry News Round-Up: Curb Your Enthusiasm Edition - Elmo is attacked on live TV, puppetry amid the war in Gaza, calls for entry around the world and more as Puppetry News Round-Up make their long awaited return.
- Pakistani children’s show uses puppetry to teach Urdu - Pakkay Dost is a new Pakistani children's series created to promote the Urdu language.
- Puppeteering Tips From a Sesame Street Puppeteer - Sesame Street puppeteer Stacey Gordon gives Tested host Adam Savage a crash course in on camera puppetry inside Adam's Cave.
- A Master of Shadow Puppetry - Traditional shadow puppeteer Fan Zheng’an is keeping the tradition of Mount Tai shadow puppetry alive