With Andy Hayward
Sunday May 29th, 10 a.m to 4 p.m. $100 registration plus $100 materials fee = $200 for the day. Registration is now closed.
Participants will learn to assemble a basic, moving-mouth hand puppet of their very own. Fundamentals of assembly will be the primary focus, helping participants to develop skills that they can apply toward advanced crafting in the future. Areas of practice will include pattern tracing and cutting, foam cutting and gluing, basic mouth plate assembly, assembly of simple facial features, and the oh-so patient art of hand-stitching.
Andy Hayward has been designing and wiggling puppets since God’s dog was a puppy. He began his career by fabricating puppets and walk-around costumes for Vee Corporation’s Costumes & Creatures Workshop, where he helped craft characters for Sesame Street Live and Bear in the Big Blue House Live. Independently, Andy has designed puppets for clients across the continent, including Chuck E. Cheese Entertainment, Roman Coppola Studio, BMI Musical Theater Workshop, Pulp Gamer Media, Avenue Q at Lower Ossington Theatre and Off Broadway’s Rescue Rue. Puppetry performance credits include Sesame Street, Playhouse Disney, Monica’s Mixing Bowl, and a gaggle of additional shows with hollow dollies in need of ardent hands.