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The Cardinal Takes Flight
What fun! Cardinal is flying the friendly environs of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival 2026 opening night party. Myra Su as head puppeteer; Gail Williams and TJC winging it!
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Andrew Kim Workshop 2026 (Fox Body Construction)
Preparing fox body for rear leg attachment, This involved some detailed willow withie sculpting to carve out a joint. Fox body coming along! Fox outline attached to backpacks.
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Andrew Kim Workshop 2026 (Backpack Construction)
A few snaps of this process. The initial steps include cutting cardboard strips and reinforcing them with wire. These strips are then used to for the backpack to a person–the goal being to construct…
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Andrew Kim Workshop 2026 (Head Sculpting and Patterning)
Including some Week 1 photos taken by Courtney Knight and Andrew Kim. This workshop was challenging and rewarding. I am so glad I decided to take the plunge. Thank you, CIPTF for the financial…
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What the Heck are Willow Withies?
Andrew Kim constructs his giant lantern puppet frames from willow withies. I am familiar with reed structures, but this was my first experience with withies. Andrew did mention that they are more commonly used…
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Andrew Kim Workshop 2026
Began a 10-Day giant lantern puppet workshop today. I have used his methods in the past for the Red Line Service Puppet of Care. Cannot wait to learn directly from the man who has…
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The Inter-Dimentional Convocation of Serpentine Persons
The Serpentine Elite meet to discuss a serious matter. Many questions are hissed and many fanged are bared. Understandable. After all, who wants to be responsible for giving an entire species a bad name…
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Hen’s Teeth
I recall signal songs and field chants older than my grandfather’s father. Wayfinding and cautionary melodies, picking and cutting rhythms repeated a hundred hundred times as I was rocked or feed, dressed or blessed…
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T. Jordan Christmas II Puppetry Performance & Design 