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Learn about how to make all kinds of controllers:

Make your own at our next 2-hour online Puppet Recipe. November 9, 7-9 p.m. CET / 1-3 pm EST What do you need to consider when making a controller for your marionette? We will start with the basic Czech-style controllers for a human marionette, including the differences between a puppet on a wire vs. a puppet on strings. Then how to adjust your controller for special movements of hands and feet, moveable jaw, special controllers for trick variety puppets, how to design a cont

Learn the techniques for making this intriguing mechanism at our upcoming Waves Workshop. It is part of our full-year Automata Fundamentals Onlike Workshop, but you can sign up for an individual module. Mechanism by Chesley Cannon, made in our 2024-25 Automata workshop WHEN: November 23 + December 24, 7-9 p.m. Central European Time / 1-3 p.m. EST WHERE: Zoom platform Find out more here!

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.

WHEN: Sunday, October 5, 7-9 p.m. Central European Time (1-3 EST) WHERE: Zoom platform Puppeteers Jakub Sulik and Johana Bartova started...

To launch our 2025-26 MASTERING THE MARIONETTE Online Workshop, we are offering a session on how to build Puppet Joints for FREE! Learn...

Learn more mechanisms based on traditional toy design at our Simple Mechanisms 2 Mechanisms by Cara Hayman and Chesley Cannon WHEN:...

Watch the first session of our 2025-26 Automata Fundamentals Online Workshop! You will learn how to make 4 different types of simple...