Puppet Podcast

🎙Puppet Podcast #100 - Kevin Kammeraad, Puppeteer, children's author + co-producer of  Wimee’s Words 

👉Puppeteer, artist, children's author, bookmobile operator and co-producer of  Wimee’s Words, an online interactive program for kids of all ages based in Michigan, USA.  

✅FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Cooperfly.Creative.Arts/ 

✅INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wimeetherobot/ 

✅LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-kammeraad-804496120/ 

✅WEBSITE: http://www.kevinkammeraad.com/ and https://wimee.tv/ 

✅YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9NiNLZnVDBuLoa7zywYfqA  

Kevin loves to perform, write, draw, sing, make things, and wonder about possibilities. He is an award-winning artist, performer, and children's author of many books and CDs who loves to collaborate with other artists. Each year, he visits schools, libraries, festivals, and conferences to inspire active imaginations through poetry, puppetry, music, and movement. He and his family live in Grand Rapids, MI. Visit http://www.kevinkammeraad.com/ for more.  

Kevin Kammeraad is an award-winning artist, performer, and the author or co-author of several books, including “The Tomato Collection” and “Spinach Dip Pancakes.” He also has released several acclaimed children’s CDs, twice receiving the Parents’ Choice Fun Stuff award. He was named Grand Rapids’ On The Town Magazine’s best local visual artist as part of the 2015 Townie Awards and has performed across the United States – from the National Children’s Museum in Washington D.C. to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Hawaii. The Grand Valley State University graduate grew up in Holland, MI and now lives in Grand Rapids, MI with his wife and family.  

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🎙Puppet Podcast #99 - Rust and Stardust Productions, Sussex-based puppet theatre company 

👉Sussex-based puppet theatre company, born from a shared passion for stories, folklore and mythology. They create puppets, costumes, sets and props and they produce original scripts on environmental impact as a vital part of their artistic practice.  

✅FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ruststardustproductions. ✅TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ruststardust1                            ✅INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/rustandstardustproductions/ ✅LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rust-and-stardust-productions-a951a1204/ ✅WEBSITE: https://www.rustandstardustproductions.co.uk/ 

✅YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUTxbdsXlbjeHHNcD0N1r1w 

Rust & Stardust is a Sussex-based puppet theatre company, established by Katie Sommers and Eleanor Conlon in 2015. We are passionate about stories, folklore and mythology, and are inspired by the natural world, unconventional performance spaces and all things homegrown and handmade.  We create all our puppets, costumes, sets and props ourselves and produce our own original scripts.   

We pride ourselves on our commitment to sustainability in theatre and taking responsibility for our environmental impact.   

We aim to use recycled and re-purposed materials in the creation of our puppets, animations, sets and costumes, and to promote greener theatre in our workshops and education projects.   

In 2020 we continued to tour our popular family show Tweethearts, and updated our fabulous Puppet Parties to include new seasonal adventures and delightful characters. During the UK lockdown and theatre closures, we brought the magical world of Rust & Stardust online, sharing puppet making and craft tutorials, meet the puppets videos and more on our YouTube Channel. We also collaborated with award-winning musicians to create a free online mini-series, Endo the Earthworm.  

This follows an extremely busy and successful 2019, which saw a dizzying array of puppet parties, workshops and shows, including Tweethearts and The Moose on the Moon, performances of Seeing Stars at Lancashire Science Festival, and a new puppet adaptation of The Tempest.  ______________________________

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🎙Puppet Podcast #98 - Matt Ficner, Self-taught puppeteer, sculptor, illustrator from Ottawa, Canada 

👉Self-taught puppeteer, sculptor, illustrator and self proclaimed "Unusualist" who has been creating strange things for over 30 years. Ottawa native and once apprentice to Noreen Young, he designs props, sets, creatures, toys and a whole lot more...  

✅FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MattFicnerProductions ✅TWITTER: https://twitter.com/MattFicner

✅INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/matt_ficner_productions ✅LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-ficner-888b1a16/

✅WEBSITE: http://mfproductions.ca/index.html ✅YOUTUBE:  @Matt Ficner    

MATT FICNER PRODUCTIONS, a creative design and fabrication house that services all aspects of visual media, theatre and special FX industries with specialized Creatures,Characters, Professional Puppets and Props.  

Character & concept design, Toy prototypes & Prop manufacturing, Game and interactive media concepts, these are but the tip of the iceberg of what I can offer you as a creative resource. No, I’m not bragging, I’m simply stating a fact. I think a lot, I imagine a lot and I am capable of manifesting my ideas into many different forms. 

 I also know that creativity does not survive in a vacuum. That is why I enjoy collaborating with other creative people and companies. Working with teams either as a leader or a as part of a dynamic group is something I greatly appreciate and would like to extend to any production house in need of a “mad genius” to help drive ideas forward.  

I am passionate about my work and my projects, but I am also open and welcoming to be a part of a company or team where my skills and talents can enhance something that is greater and bigger than just the sum of its creative parts, of which I would be honoured being one such part!  

If you feel I could be of creative help to you, Please contact me [email protected]  

I have been both a team leader and a team player on many projects. I have performed the roles of: 

-Project Director -Producer -Co-ordinator -Creative Lead -Production Support -Project Assistant -Art Director -Creative Director  

Specialties: Practical Skills: -Puppet design & fabrication -Puppet performance (traditional and technical) -Character voices -Toy / Prop Sculpture & fabrication -Animatronic creature mechanisms -Graphic Design & Illustration -Book Illustration Software Skills: -Adobe CS (strong focus on Photoshop, Premiere and After Effects) -Autodesk Sketchbook Pro -Corel (Draw, Photo, Painter) -ZBrush 

Additional Skills: -Logo design -Branding and identity -Digital Photography -Finding 4 leaf clovers…really, not kidding. ______________________________

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🎙Puppet Podcast #97 - Andreja Kovac from Crane Creation 🎙 

👉Critically acclaimed professional theatre director from Slovenia trained at National Theatre School of Canada, she is the artistic director of Crane Creation who create a Puppet Festival in Mississauga, Ontario.  

FOLLOW HER: ✅FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/CraneCreationsTheatreCompany/ 

✅INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bridgesfestival/. ✅WEBSITE: https://www.cranecreations.ca/fr/bridges-festival-march-break/ 

Directing, producing, creating theatre and being an artistic director.  Andreja always wanted to be  theatre director. When she was 5 and a half she did my first show with a group of 7 friends. They wrote a story about winter kidnapping spring and she played a snow bell, one of the early spring flowers whom helps rescue spring and get things back on track. Their performance was watched by their parents but they were hooked. Later on this group of early childhood friends went on to produce some outstanding professional artists: a publisher, a ballet dancer, painter, and her, an award winning, critically acclaimed professional theatre director.   Since that early age I kept on trying new hats in theatre. I started a theatre group in grade school and incorporated a professional theatre company in high school. Obviously I auditioned for  National Theatre School of Canada and against all the naysayers got accepted. From there in my life has become infused with professional theatre, from classics, to contemporary plays, new writing, development, touring, administration, puppetry, opera and I have done it all. I love it and cannot imagine my life without it.  ______________________________

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About the Puppet Podcast : The purpose of this podcast is to help the  puppet art to become  even more well known by the general public so that  they understand more  this very unique craft.  

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🎙Puppet Podcast #96 - Harkels Puppetry with H. & Napsugar, Hungarian couple of Puppeteers 

👉Hungarian couple who share the passion of travel and puppetry. From busking to music video shooting, they write shows and create puppet under Harkels Puppetry.  

✅FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/harkelspuppetry/

✅INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/harkels_puppetry

✅YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2qk68oz56n0CtswoQSdLXw

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🎙Puppet Podcast #95 - Puzzle Théâtre (Pavla Mano & Csaba Raduly) 🎙IN FRENCH 👉Elle est de Bulgarie, il est hongrois et ils sont au cœur de Puzzle Théâtre établie à Montréal depuis 2004. Formés en mise en scène pour la marionnette et en art dramatique, ensemble ils créent un style unique qui mélange différents genres : théâtre d’objets, de marionnettes et jeu d’acteur.👈 

VISITEZ LEUR SITE WEB: http://www.puzzletheatre.com/

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 👉Puppet Builder behind the Evelinka Puppets in Beacon, New York. She studied Film and Television in Tel Aviv and Sweden and, with over 35 years of experience, she is an award winner as a Production / Costume Designer and Puppet maker.  

FOLLOW HER:    ✅FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Evelinka-Puppets-366653484188178                                                           ✅INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/evelinkapuppets/ ✅WEBSITE: https://www.evelinkapuppets.com/ 

Yes, we are the design studio that created the original Jeffy Puppet (copyright by Eva Gronowitz) . We also hand make Jeffy, Jeffy's Friends, custom made puppets, muppet puppets, hand puppets, ventriloquist puppets, look-alike caricature hand puppets (puppets that can be custom made from a photo of you, your favorite person, or a celebrity), If you need a small Jeffy please contact us. 

Who owns the copyright? Beacon Art Studio. Artwork is only a starting point; it is subject to a wide variety of vagaries including the subjective eye of the artist; that is why it is called "conceptual." A three dimensional character and a flat image are not the same; nor can it be inferred that the flat image representation has anything to do with the size, features and inner construction.  

When you purchase a puppet, you are purchasing a design contract, Beacon Art Studios LLC assigns ownership of the created physical puppet to the buyer. This includes the right to reproduce the character in visual media for advertising or promotional purposes only. All other rights are reserved by Beacon Art Studios but can be secured through a licensing contract.  

A licensing contract is a “buyout option”, a one time fee that is agreed upon when the order is initially placed. The client can then reproduce the character in all media: photo, merchandising, plush, film & video, toy licensing, and reproductions of any sort. This fee is considerably higher, but not outrageous. We also ask for a credit on any film or video product.  

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👉Puppeteer and ventriloquist, she is a trained actress, songwriter, digital editor, entrepreneur and the creator of the company Little crowns Storyhouse..👈 

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✅FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/littlecrowns.storyhouse/ ✅TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LStoryhouse                             ✅INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/littlecrowns.storyhouse ✅LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/delvene-pitt-3b7986170/✅WEBSITE: https://www.littlecrowns.co.uk/    ✅YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsMegt8YMO1j7-hlooulLuQ 

Hello Everyone, my Name is Delvene AKA ‘Del Del’ And Am The Founder Of Little Crowns Storyhouse.  

Why Did You Start Puppetry?   I Fell In Love With Puppetry At Age 14 When I Was Chosen To Perform A Puppet Show To The Audience Members At My Local Church And I Must Admit I Had No Idea What I Was Doing. However, The Audience Loved It. I Took Classes With An Awesome Company Called One Way UK Where I Was Taught Key Skills And Foundations Of Puppetry.   

How Did You Come Up With Littlecrowns Storyhouse?   I Studied Acting At Stella Adler Studio In New York City. Whilst In NYC, I Was Chosen To Work On Behalf Of The Student Outreach Team That Held Regular Workshops In Schools Around New York. This Experience Led Me To Start Making Puppets And Perform Traditional Folk Stories In Local Children’s Bookshops Around New York City.   

How Did You Become Passionate About Childcare? In Addition To Being An Actor, I’m A Full Time Nanny And Have Worked With Children From Birth To Primary. My Motto Is To Always Enhance The Child Experience Through Play! I Encourage Children To Express Their Own Creativity While Nurturing Appreciation Of Puppetry. I Encourage Littlecrowns To Express A Wide Range Of Activities That Babies Loves Such As Dances, Stories, Puppets, Movements And Music.  

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🎙 Puppeteer, toy maker, and creator of Toybox Theatre from USA 

👉Puppeteer, toy maker, performance artist, event organizer and creator of Toybox Theatre who inspire audiences for over 20 years, he wins UNIMA Citation For Excellence, National Puppetry Festival Best Performance and Fan Favorite(2013) and the Funniest Show and Fringiest of The Fringe at Asheville in 2019.                                                                                                                                                                  ✅FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TOYBOXTHEATRE/                     ✅WEBSITE: https://toyboxtheatre.square.site/

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🎙Ingrid Hansen, Professional Television Puppeteer and Voice Actor from Victoria 

👉Puppeteers and voices "Heart", of a lovable agender orange monster on Helpsters (Sesame Workshop/AppleTV+). She was part of 4 seasons of Tiga Talk (APTN), appeared on Miss Persona (Treehouse TV), Princess Sparkly Butt and The Hot Dog Kid (Teletoon) and more.  Ingrid is a professional television puppeteer and voice actor, with experience performing as a lead for Sesame Workshop, APTN, Corus Entertainment, and Skyship Entertainment.  

She is a Canadian citizen and SAG-AFTRA member, with a visa to work in both the US and Canada.  Ingrid Hansen trained first as a dancer, then as an actor, until she turned to the dark side and became a puppeteer.  Raised by gregarious Danish immigrants, Ingrid is a television puppeteer, voice-over actor, and theatre creator.  Most recently, Ingrid plays Heart, a lovable agender orange monster on Helpsters, Sesame Workshop’s new series for AppleTV+.  She also puppeteered Gertie the Gopher for four seasons of Tiga Talk (APTN), and appeared on Miss Persona (Treehouse TV), Princess Sparkly Butt and The Hot Dog Kid (Teletoon), Singalong with Tobee, Caitie’s Classroom, Mr. Monkey, Monkey Mechanic and Tongue Twisters with Twyla.   

✅FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ingihansen  ✅TWITTER: https://twitter.com/snafudance                                                       ✅INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/iamingridhansen/ ✅LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingrid-hansen-puppeteer/         ✅WEBSITE: https://www.ingi.ca/. ✅YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/snafudance 

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