http://www.chensationalpuppets.com/news Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:44:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems that I have less and less time to build for other clients.  I really like building puppets for clients that indend to use them for film and video purposes.  Here is Bobo.  A puppet I built for a client here in the Greater Toronto Area.  Here are some pictures ... http://www.chensationalpuppets.com/news/2009/04/bobo-the-gorilla/ 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 ... http://www.chensationalpuppets.com/news/2009/03/old-man-puppet/ I have wanted to talk about this for a while.  Over the years my puppet building has had me trying to improve my craft.  I would say, up to this point, the focus of what I have done has been to make each puppet as comfortable as possible.  But that ... http://www.chensationalpuppets.com/news/2009/02/does-size-matterwith-puppets/ Well, I am honoured to have had my puppet chosen one of the top ten in the most recent Project Puppet Contest entitled "A Space Odyssey".  The contest will have their voting open until December 7th, 2008. I wanted to share a little about my puppet entry because I am very proud of ... http://www.chensationalpuppets.com/news/2008/11/project-puppet-contest-top-ten/ I met Steve Swanson from MuppetCast last year at the Puppets Up! festival in Almonte, Ontario.  I was hoping to meet up with him this year, but he was not able to make it up do to a schedule conflict.  So Jamie Douglas and I sent him a quick video ... http://www.chensationalpuppets.com/news/2008/09/muppetcast-shout-out/ Having a nice space to work is essential to me and my creativity.  I am glad that I too some time to spruce up my basement workshop and update my spray /glue booth. As you can see I’ve added lots of cupboard storage and work areas. All of my fabric and ... http://www.chensationalpuppets.com/news/2008/09/updating-the-workshop/ I've been trying to get a new online show off the ground ever since Chimp TV went into development.  Here is my replacement.  The show is called HOGS and as the logo suggests, it is a spoof on COPS.  There are three main characters who have all been designed and ... http://www.chensationalpuppets.com/news/2008/08/the-hogs-are-coming/ Well, I am very happy to announce that the new company website is now up and running.  My hope is that I will be able to share more of my work with people through the company site as well as this blog.  Posting can be difficult for me since I ... http://www.chensationalpuppets.com/news/2008/07/our-new-website-is-live/ Well, I know it is a tad long for a post title, but it works so well; I think.  At any rate I am happy to announce that my blog is now up and running and my new website is not far behind.  I have been doing many things as ... http://www.chensationalpuppets.com/news/2008/06/chensatioanl-puppets-news-blog-activate/