All Posts

Recording (12 April 2026) - click on photo to see video

Find out the secrets of how to design and construct moving eyes for all types of marionettes. After the workshop, make your own prototype with our "recipe" including instructions on how to make a simple version.

I was so excited to make the Frog Marionette Recipe. Mirek provided detailed diagrams with proportions and dimensions. In the video he guides you through the making. This recipe offers three different controller designs which I particularly like as it gives you options as a maker to learn different styles and choose what best suits the needs of your puppet. My frog is a little smaller than Mirek's due to the sizes of wood I had to hand.

Recording (8 March 2026) - click on photo to see video

Masopust is the Czech equivalent of Mardi Gras - a celebration of eating, drinking and merriment at the end of winter. It literally means meat + fast, and while it has links to the final hurrah before Lent, its origins go back farther - certainly to pagan rituals and, before that, the Bacchanalia.

Read about PIP happenings in our March 2026 Newsletter! Find out about March Puppet Recipe: Puppet (Re) Collections: Our students have visited the home of Alena Vorlová , the owner of one of the largest Czech private puppet collections, who is in her 90s. What happened to her collection? Find out with puppet history experts Marie and Pavel Jirasek Get a sneak preview of the dates of our 2026-27 Online workshops - we are bringing back Miniature Marionettes! Slava Roztoky Masop

Read about PIP happenings in our February 2026 Newsletter ! Find out about Puppets and Protest : an article exploring how puppets have been used in resistance in the Czech Republic by Johana Trejtnar Read the article on our blog » March Puppet Recipe: Puppet (Re) Collections: Our students have visited the home of Alena Vorlová , the owner of one of the largest Czech private puppet collections, who is in her 90s. What happened to her collection? Find out with puppet history e