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PIP Online New Year's Party
Celebrate 2026 by reuniting with puppet friends! Call for FINISHED PUPPETS, PUPPET RECIPES and AUTOMATA- wrap up 2025 by assembling old projects and then show them off at our party! WHEN: January 2, 3 pm EST / 9 pm Prague time WHERE: On Zoom Sign up now, it's free! More information about our presenters coming soon. Automata Workshop Students See the beautiful creations of Chesley Cannon, Cara Jane Hayman, Heidi Vanwachtendonck , Kathryn Rathke, Adriana Hollenbeck, Sabine Karn
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Puppet Recipes
Recordings and instructions from our monthly online worskhop series
November Puppet Recipe, Controllers
Learn about how to make all kinds of controllers:
Nov 101 min read
October Puppet Recipe, Make a Puppet Show
Get inspired by puppeteers Jakub Šulík and Johana Bartová Šulíková. They founded the Fras Theatre company in 2019, and since then they have become well known in the Czech theatre world for their original puppet shows that tell stories inspired by different kinds of materials.
Oct 61 min read
September Puppet Recipe, Painting the Puppet
Too often a novice maker ruins a beautifully carved puppet by slapping a coat of paint on it. Respect your carving, slowly adding layers of paint to highlight puppet features. And don't be afraid of experimentation - a puppet doesn't need to be realistic!
Sep 81 min read
August Puppet Recipe, Acrobat Marionette
In this recording, learn about the marionette's history, how it is constructed and instructions on how to build your own!
Aug 41 min read
July Puppet Recipe, Stomper Marionette
The Stomper Marionette was one of the most popular types of Czech circus marionettes and known for its stretching body and loud stomping. At this recording, you can learn about the marionette's history, how it is constructed and instructions on how to build your own smaller toy theatre version.
Jul 71 min read
June Puppet Recipe, Taste of the Automata Fest: Video and Puppet Recipe
This Puppet Recipe brings gives you a chance to see what was at the Hastings Automata Festival, which brought together some of the best automata makers in the world. Mirek then explained how he constructed his own piece, and showed another simple automata mechanism used by Paul Spooner in his famous Frog Princess automata.
Jun 21 min read
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