Tuesday, November 11, 2008

"I don't want to set the world on fire..."

Halloween was delightful- I viewed several performances of Larry Schmidt's always wonderful Driveway Follies. Michael was one of the puppeteers!

Dancing Cats
Aunt Jitters and bean portrait

Also, I've been sorting the books in the Duchess Reading Room of Children's Fairyland, and I can't help but stop myself constantly when I come across books with 50's style illustrations. This one reminds me of being in the 4th grade, when we learned about simple machines, and I made a crane truck with sewing spools, string, and cardboard. FUN!

Simple Machines and How They Work
You can make a model of ball bearings

Speaking of retro, I am now addicted to Fallout 3 on the XBOX 360. Yep. It pretty much sucks up all of my free time.








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Sunday, September 28, 2008

Hey, what's up?

Hmm...so what have I been up to these days?

A lot of this:
Paintbrush


And this:
Painted boards and pony

Mostly working and when not working playing video games and making stuff. Hoping to have a big update to the Etsy shop soon, something I have neglected for some time now.

Here are some photos from last month's Puppet Fair!


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Saturday, November 03, 2007

Post Halloween Post

My busy week has finally slowed down a bit now that the Rainbow Warp Zone show is up. The opening was really great, and I'll have pics to post soon. But I really wanted to post my halloween photos of Larry Schmidt's Driveway Follies, a marionette puppet show performed for Trick-or-Treaters in Oakland. Michael performed in the show, along with Emily Butterfly, Larry Shmidt, and Kevin Menegus. It was a wonderful, wonderful show, you can read more about here.

Photos from my Flickr set:



And Michael uploaded a video of the show to Google. Enjoy!

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