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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Henson.com Podcast

Patrick Johnson, Patrick Bristow and I were interviewed for the June 16 edition of the Henson.com Podcast - Check it out. As a reminder, Puppet Up is playing at the Avalon in Hollywood this Saturday. Click here for more info.

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Space Bugs now Playing

Bobby Drone and Mantis

Space Bugs Alpha and Zeta are now touring Southern California. This is a rehearsal photo of Bobby Drone and Professor Mantis in the cockpit of Bobby Drone's space ship. If you are in Southern California, check out our tour schedule to see when Swazzle's Space Bugs is coming to your area.

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Swazzle Seeking Intern

Tour with Swazzle! Get valuable behind the scenes experience in Live Puppetry!

This individual would be needed for each scheduled performance in the Bay Area from June to August. The complete schedule is available at swazzle.com

A small stipend is included. For more information, please contact anita@swazzle.com

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Friday, May 23, 2008

Magma Worm

Magma Worm

I just finished this puppet for Space Bugs Zeta. The Magma Worm was sculpted from a block of soft foam and covered with dyed miliskin. His eye balls are clear acrylic half spheres painted in the inside.

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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Starfly

Starfly

This is Starfly built by Patrick Johnson for the Swazzle puppet show Space Bugs Alpha. He is a delivery fly that awakes after oversleeping in hyper-sleep to discover that he is carrying some very important cargo.

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Monday, May 19, 2008

Bobby Drone

Bobby Drone

This is Bobby Drone built by Patrick Johnson. He is a hand and rod puppet. In Space Bugs Zeta, Bobby Drone is sent on an important mission by the Queen Bee.

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Space Bugs

Busby

We are making progress on our Space Bugs puppet shows. This is Busby (his name may change) the scientist. He is a hand puppet - the puppeteers fingers go into each arm and the neck. His hands and and antennas are attached with springs so he has lots of secondary movement.

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Saturday, May 03, 2008

Finished Robo-Locust

Robo-Locust

I just finished the two Robo-Locust rod puppets for Space Bugs Alpha and Zeta - check it out.

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