Dressing the Naked Hand: The World's Greatest Guide to Making, Staging, and Performing with Puppets

by Amy White, Mark H. Pulham, Dallin Blankenship

Do you love puppets? Have you ever wanted to try your hand at not only creating but performing? This groundbreaking puppetry how-to book teaches the basics of puppet construction from stuffets, to hand and advanced puppets. Learn how to not only make stages, but the art of puppet performance.

Unleash your inner creative genius, whether it’s by giving voice to your simple upcycled stuffet, bringing your fresh-minted foam creations to life, or even if it’s letting an alter ego out in your newly-embodied personalized hand puppet. Learning the art of puppet construction and manipulation, from master puppeteers, has never been easier or more fun.

Every effort has been made to use readily available supplies.

This book is the guide for all those who want to not only start at the beginning but go beyond the basics, exploring the world of puppet making and venturing forth into the art of puppeteering.

Genres: Art

184 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2015

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is exactly what it is from the title. It is presented very well and contains a DVD with videos teaching techniques (which I have not watched yet). It begins with showing how puppets can be made out of stuffies (stuffets) and goes on to show how to make puppets from scratch with more advanced techniques as well as making a stage. The last few chapters dealing with performance techniques.