plankpuppets

Audrey II Rentals

Pod 1

Pod 2

Pod 3

Pod 4

Finale

Included in this Rental:

Pod 1

Small hand-puppet plant pod

Flower pot (magnetized base + false bottom) with wilting leaves mechanism

Pod 2

Large hand-puppet plant pod

Carry-around flower pot w/ chest strap

Seymour’s jacket w/ false arm

Pod 3

Large sit-inside plant pod + planter

Large roots, root leggings, root booties, and tongue sleeve

Pod 4

Giant, man-eating, stand-inside plant pod

4 Giant roots (1 maneuverable root arm)

Finale

4 baby plant pod costumes including head puppets + easy-on root wraps.

Winona, I Love You – Reception

The Southeast Minnesota Arts Council awarded me an emerging artists grant to get started on this project. On Saturday, December 1st, I hosted a reception at Manitou Center to celebrate the completion of my first five episodes and to mark the culmination of my SEMAC grant. There were snacks, puppets, and lots of friends! Thanks to everyone who came out, despite the winter storm and icy roads. And thank you to everyone who couldn’t make it, but enjoys my videos anyway!

Building Henry B. Heron

Here’s a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how I built Henry B. Heron for my video series Winona, I Love You!

Audrey II

Take a look at the 300-hour process of building a small army of man-eating, alien plant puppets for Cochrane-Fountain City High School’s production of Little Shop of Horrors! And please contact me if you’re interested in renting.

Walter

I’m heading to El Capitan Canyon for Yeah Field Trip! February 22-26. I was a bit ambitious in deciding to build 8 different puppets in the 3 weeks prior to the trip. BUT, I was able to finish a couple. And I’m bringing some pieces along with me that might hopefully turn into puppets before the trip is over. Walter and I are going to enter the lip sync battle on the first night. So wish us luck!

Walter the Wolf

Blufflings

For the past year or so, I have been working with Scott at LARK Toys in Kellogg, MN. He’s come up with these fantastic little creatures that come down from the Driftless Region bluffs and help out around the store. He asked me a while back to make puppet versions of a couple of them to help bring their story to life in a different way. Here’s some of the process!

Inktober (2017)

I participated (kinda) in Inktober challenge on Instagram last year. I didn’t know there was a different prompt every day so I mostly just drew what was in front of me.

Welcome!

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You made it! Welcome! This website is a showcase of my work: mostly puppetry, along with some drawings, videos, art projects, and writing. Take a look. Let me know what you think! And let me know if there is something I can do for you!