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Mainly in West Sussex, England

Relationship to Puppetry

Puppeteer and Puppet Builder

What First Got Me Interested in Puppetry

A mixture between my dad and the Muppets I guess.

My Puppetry (or Puppet) Hero

I have been fortunate enough to have loads of people help me out over the years... they're my puppetry heros!

If I Were a Puppet, I'd Be...

funnier

More About Me:

I'm a puppet builder, DJ and generally nice enough guy.

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Hellyer's Puppet Workshop

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http://www.hellyerspuppetworkshop.blogspot.com

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http://www.youtube.com/hellyersonline

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Hellyer's Puppet Workshop is moving!

Hi all,

I know I don't post blogs on here very often... but I do try and stay up to date on the video side of things.

Below is my video diary of my puppet workshop moving house, all new videos on the topic will automatically be updated in this player. To date there are three videos available... but today is a brand new day so there'll be more this evening :)

Take care - Dave

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Posted on August 19, 2009 at 8:01am —

Hell-Vet?... What happens when the Hellyers meet the Gluvets?

Phil Fletcher (The Gluvets) came to stay with us for a weekend in January and it was a great laugh. You may have seen the last video we made on the weekend already (The GREAT puppet building RACE 2009), if you haven't yet - you're missing out :)

Below you can see the first human puppet I ever built (Pierre) erforming with the latest puppet Phil had built (Paul Pott). The "performance video" is not exac… Continue

Posted on February 13, 2009 at 12:10pm — 1 Comment

Puppet Building race!

This past weekend we had Phil Fletcher from the Gluvets visit for a weekend of puppet building and banter! Phil last visited in late 2007 and has been a good friend of David and Shelley over the past few years. You can see from the video below that we had quite a lot of fun. Check out some of the characters Phil brought with him on the visit.

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Posted on January 19, 2009 at 6:30pm —

Puppet performace analysis - video recommendation

Hi Hubbers!

sorry I haven't posted anything over here for a while, but i saw a video on youtube the other day which made me make this video as a response...

Here are the links you're gonna want to check out that I mention in the video!

My Blog:
http://www.hellyerspuppetworkshop.blogspot.com

Sesame Street video clip:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=J-fK8rYa45Q

Squonk's Video:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GbyUpMBNS0E Continue

Posted on November 27, 2008 at 5:17am —

Apology and update

Hi there PuppetHubbers! I must start with an apology... whilst at I-Fest last month I posted a blog on here where I stated I will update you with what went on there. Clearly I haven't done that. Mostly because on the few ocassions I have found time to post an update blog I have posted it on my regular blog: hellyerspuppetworkshop.blogspot.com I realise that I am asking you to travel elsewhere to view it but it saves me having to copy a… Continue

Posted on August 15, 2008 at 11:13am — 1 Comment

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At 12:22pm on January 4, 2010, Jessica Townsend said…: Thanks David, you've been a big inspiration. I watched your videos when I was just getting interested, and all this was just a small inkling in my mind. Thanks for sharing and posting your videos, you seem like a really cool person.

At 3:26pm on September 3, 2009, Sam Clemens said…: Thanks for the comments and the friend add, you've got some great stuff posted!
Cheers,
S

At 3:52am on August 18, 2009, Fuzio'sPuppets said…: Hello David,
Greetings from Poland! I like Your puppets- they are awsome!
I like Your challenge race of making puppet which I saw on Youtube ;-)
Adam

At 10:27am on April 16, 2009, David C. Herzog said…: Dear David,
Thanks for adding me as a friend, England is one of my favorite countries, I love English history, and English puppetry. I was last in England almost 30 years ago. High time for another trip. Your puppets look great, I work with marionettes but appreciate great puppets of all styles.

At 2:16pm on January 29, 2009, Gluvets said…: You cheeky monkey!!!

At 8:58pm on November 10, 2008, chad harkins said…: Hi david As you can quess I'm a puppeteer too and I like It and love it alot i use simple hand puppets and i have alot of them too From animals to people and hopefully soon i want to put some my puppet lip-syncing on you tube so people can see what i do some of my lip-syncing is very funny. one of these days i want to go to england and see all the the famous sights and maybe go to Liverpool to see where my Favorite Band hung out THE BEATLES well all the best to you and your puppets Good Luck Chad :O)

At 1:19pm on October 12, 2008, Gluvets said…: Hello Dave how are you getting on?

At 10:56pm on August 16, 2008, puppetlady said…: Oh yes, cool bicep on the dude.

At 10:53pm on August 16, 2008, puppetlady said…: Hey, David I saw the video dicussing eyes. I'd like to see the girl have an eyelid edge with an eyelash like this:
The guy could have the same thing minus the eyelash with an eyelid of a different colour.