Puppet Recipes

In this recording, learn about the marionette's history, how it is constructed and instructions on how to build your own!

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.

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.

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.

Learn to make this special gadget invented by MirekTrjetnar that allows you to draw a straight line in the center of wooden blocks!

At our Puppet Recipe on April 6, Mirek taught students about carving a mouth, beard, hair, and ears.