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2029 UNIMA Festival in Prague!
UNIMA was started in Prague in 1929. And the 100th anniversary will be celebrated by holding their 25th Congress here!
May 29, 20251 min read
Recording Puppetry Day Celebration
See the recording of our 2025 Puppetry Day Celebration on April 27! Find out from our students how they built beautiful AUTOMATA and...
May 24, 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.
May 5, 20251 min read
Mirek's Amazing Pencil Marker
Learn to make this special gadget invented by MirekTrjetnar that allows you to draw a straight line in the center of wooden blocks!
May 2, 20251 min read
PIP Puppetry Day Celebration
Join us online on April 27 for a belated World Puppetry Day Celebration! See the work students have completed with us this year and share...
Apr 20, 20251 min read
The Magic and Mystery of two Czech Puppet Makers
František Vítek (born 1929) and Věra Říčařová Vítková (born 1936) It is impossible to over-estimate the significance of František Vítek...
Apr 8, 20254 min read
April Puppet Recipe, Tricky Carving 2: Video and Puppet Recipe
At our Puppet Recipe on April 6, Mirek taught students about carving a mouth, beard, hair, and ears.
Apr 7, 20251 min read
Tricky Carving 2: April Puppet Recipe
In March our puppet cooks learned the secrets to carving an eye.
Mar 30, 20251 min read
An Unlikely Hero on a Czech Stamp
Happy 250th Birthday to Matěj Kopecký, the patriarch of Czech puppetry! Matěj Kopecký, who performed throughout Bohemia in the early 19th...
Mar 3, 20255 min read
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