puppets i’ve designed and built
built for winter solstice 2025, trying to figure out how to bring the world back into balance.
Built for winter solstice 2024, this curling kinetic sculpture/puppet reminded us that it is ok to curl up and rest.
Wood dragon head created to celebrate the Lunar New Year 2024. Created from all natural materials: reed, twine, copper wire, cotton yarn, glazed and flattened ceramic beads.
Technically a kinetic sculpture, this is my puppet for winter solstice 2023. I was happy to work with the wind to bring the puppet to life.
Built for winter solstice 2022, this is a hand-cranked carousel of five-pointed origami stars that sits upon the shoulders. Photo by Stefanie Loeb.
I build this scarf marionette in the style of Albrecht Roser with the help of Sarah Frechette. 2022.
An experiment in building tall with natural materials: reed and twine, with a bit of copper wire. 2021. Photo by Jennifer Crawford
Table top puppet carved from basswood. 2021.
Created for my friends Will & Alisa and the puppet show about their relationship I performed at their wedding reception. 2019.
Created for He Waved, a show about miscommunication. 2018.
Created for He Waved, a show about miscommunication. Built using a Fedotov mechanism. 2018.
Created for Mardi Gras 2018. This giant puppet is an experiment in using only natural and sustainable materials: cotton fabric, twine, wood, copper wire, reed, grape wood vine.
A three-puppeteer puppet comprised of head, feet, and hands that grip. 2017.
Giant puppet created out of folded newspapers and bicycle parts. Created for RUBARB Community Bike Shop’s annual fundraiser puppet show. 2017.
Giant puppet with moving trunk. 2017.
A series of shadow puppets in a light box combining a friend’s favorite dive, the inward pike, with my longing for the circus for Io Fête at Corridor Studios in 2015.
A puppet installation about a tic-tac-toe game that ended in a cat’s game. 2014.
The first puppet I ever built! 2011.