Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 21:22:50 -0400
From: puppetco-AT-cais.cais.com (puppetco)
Subject: Re: Puppet fabric


>>Just out of curiousity, Robert, why did you stop using it?  Artistic
>>changes or a dislike for the material itself or something else???
>>Christopher Piper

>Muppet fleece is fine if you want to make your puppets look like the
>Muppets. The texture is pretty overwhelming-everything you make tends to
>look like it's a Muppet-wannabe.

>I also found after a while that the texture can get matted and gross
>looking, which is not a problem if you can rebuild the puppet as often as
>the Muppet builders do. The stuff is great for close-ups (making it the
>dream answer to television-it's a no-brainer as to why the Muppets have
>used it for so long), and it can cover up a multitude of sins.

>I also have to say that I'm not really in favor of the idea that there is a
>single way to make all puppets. We experimented to see if this fleece fit
>our needs and decided that there were too many other possibilities to
>settle on just one for everything we make.


>Robert Smythe
>Mum Puppettheatre

Thanks for the thorough and informative reply, Robert.  Soft surface
puppets are not our style, but I love trying new materials and testing
the possibilities.  Will I see you in Toranto?  Hope so.
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