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Free! Simple Mechanisms
To launch our 2026-27 Automata Fundamentals Online Workshop, we are offering the first session for FREE! Learn how to make simple mechanisms for Automata and learn about our plans for the entire year. Learn how to make beautiful automata in Simple Mechanisms that you can easily make at home with scrap wood, clothespins, and other materials that are easily sourced. On September 20, you will get guidance from expert toymaker/puppet maker Mirek Trejtnar on the basic principles
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Meet our Miniature Marionettes
A chance for friends to see the "Work In Progress" of the students in our Miniature Marionette Workshop. They have been working for the...
Jun 10, 20241 min read
Part 2, Chris Bain: The Bare Bones
by Christina Bain, Scotland Our student blog continues! Welcome to Part 2 of NO STRINGS ATTACHED. In this post, Christina Bain, who...
Jun 1, 20244 min read
Final presentations of our Automata students!
See how our talented students from around the world worked with the basic mechanisms of automata
Jun 1, 20241 min read
Last Spots in June Workshop!
CARVING, PUPPET FESTIVALS, PUPPET SLAM, EXHIBITIONS, AND MAGICAL PRAGUE – 2 weeks of life-changing experiences in the puppet capital of...
Apr 15, 20241 min read
Our Book is Back!
The second printing of the English version of Puppet Technology is done! You can order it now in the shop on our website! What are people...
Apr 15, 20241 min read
Part 1, Chris Bain: No Strings Attached
Somewhere in the strange depths of my memory and imagination I thought of rich puppet traditions and images of Prague and the Czech Republic
Apr 15, 20243 min read
Congratulations to our 2024 Scholarship Winners!
We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 2024 scholarship winners. We had 33 applicants from 15 countries, and it was with great...
Apr 15, 20242 min read
Skeleton Video Launched
Rest in peace? Not these skeletons! They were recently finished by our incredible, hard-working students in our online workshop: Pam...
Mar 23, 20241 min read
World Puppetry Day Online Celebration
Catch up with puppet friends at our annual online celebration! You will: Meet SKELETON MARIONETTES from recent online workshop in the...
Mar 17, 20241 min read
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