January Puppet Recipe, Carving Hands and Feet

Video Recording of Carving video(11 January 2026) Recipe Card 12: Carving Hands and Feet How Long Will the Video Be Available? This post will be accessible to all Puppet Recipe subscribers until the next Puppet Recipe. Join the Golden Czech Hands subscription and enjoy access for as long as you remain a subscriber. Coming Next Month! Sign up now for the next Puppet Recipe. Book a place in the upcoming workshop to ensure you receive the Zoom link.

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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.

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Jul 7, 20251 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.

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Jun 2, 20251 min read

A Taste of the Automata Fest

Did you miss the Automata Fest, organized by the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre in Hastings with some of the world's leading Automata makers?...

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May 29, 20251 min read

May Puppet Recipe, Tricky Carving 3: Video and Puppet Recipe

So many beginner carvers do not understand how deep in the face they must make a puppet's nose, cheeks, mouth, and the corners of the eye. This puppet recipe teaches you how to find the correct depth.

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May 5, 20251 min read