As my time becomes less and less available, I find myself doing less and less custom building.  In fact I am now in a position where I take on only a very limited amount of custom work.  When good friend and fellow puppeteer Jay Williams asked me to build him an old guy puppet I could not refuse.

He asked for a older guy puppet that could be used as a vent type puppet (opening at the back), as well being able to use it as a traditional puppet (botoom opening).  Here is what we came up with.  An older guy, who is pretty “knowledgeable” about the world and likable.

He has a blinking eye mech (internal), and removeable arm rods as well as removable legs.