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October 2008 Blog Posts (3)

deja vu

I am restoring a marionette that was given to me by Margi Stevens [Margi Kelly] in 1961. I want to give her back to Margi's only surviving son, Laird Kelly.

She was a ballerina and I made her into an ice skater for my variety act and she performed for 40 years. Now, she is going to be a ballerina once more.

Right now, she is waiting to be repainted and restrung. She is in amazing shape considering her age.

I'll post a picture showing her now and when she is all… Continue

Added by jean reges burn on October 30, 2008 at 5:45pm — No Comments

Maika- Desert Gold

Hey all...

So I directed and produced a music video for the Norwegian band Maika.

It has two very unique Rod Puppets as the central characters in the story throughout the video, intermixed obviously with shots of the band...

Would love to know what fellow puppeteers think of my vision for this thing.

enjoy!

Best,

rob

Here is the link:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=URmKbM_hgDY

Added by karsutch on October 17, 2008 at 1:30am — No Comments

Possible gig in Rockland County

Hi all-

This came to me in an e-mail today, but I can tell the friend who sent it on to me held it for a bit- So I don't know if they have a replacement builder/designer, but if you're interested, the info is below.

I don't know any more about this that what you've read here. It was sent to me by a former colleague from LITTLE WOMEN, so I hope it would be a worthwhile project for someone.

What follows is the excerpt from the e-mail:

Ah, it's been one… Continue

Added by tommykeegs on October 13, 2008 at 1:48pm — No Comments