The long time coming pictures are here.  The Wayang Golek puppets I received from the estate sale have found a new place to live on top of my dresser.

I'm hoping to find some interesting, themed fabric, or perhaps a Javanese background that might spice up the wall behind them.  Then would the display be complete.

I've made my first purchase of puppets.  At an estate sale this week in my home town there were 5 Wayang Golek puppets up for sale.  As we were walking in there was a lady purchasing one; I got a bit worried.  If she's getting just one perhaps they're all gone already. Thus ensued a semi frantic search through the house, ignoring other objects, to find the puppets. Success was to be had, as I found the remaining four puppets. 

They are in reasonable condition.  Some paint chipping here and there, some of the costumes need a few stitches of thread, but on the whole they're pretty well intact.  I do wish they all had the more traditional stands.  Three of them were sitting in wine bottles. On two of them the heads weren't properly attached.  Next week I'll talk to Alan at IPM and see what he thinks about options for proper attachment.

Pictures to come at a later date!!

On Tuesday I sent in an e-mail application to the Henson company for their "Sales and Production" internship. The next day I actually got a short response back.  It's exciting!!  The prospect of interning for the Henson company is quite a sweet one.  Talk about a great place to be to build my knowledge and experience of puppets.  It may not be directly involved with the creation of the puppets themselves, however learning about the sales and the production side of a powerful company such as this one is a fantastic opportunity to gain a better understanding of the business world.  More updates soon I hope.

The weeks have shown some improvement. I've been moving forward with the puppets I've been creating for Shakespeare Orange County's "Green Shows." This year there are three, a whale, and dragon/serpent, and a St. Bernard.
-  At the moment the Dragon, though there have been a hiccup or two, is
   pretty close to finished and looking snazzy. 
-  The Whale hit a wall, I made a huge and I mean gigantic puppet out of
   0.5in foam that can't support such an endevor.
-  And the St. Bernard is still in the planning stage.

Beyond that life is picking up
-  I may have a job.
-  My hand puppets for SOC's production of The Complete Work's of
   Shakespeare Abridged got mentioned in the OC Register's review of the
   show.
-  There are two bookings for Flutterby Puppets that I'm to be a part of the
   "acting" side! (If you book on tell them Phaedra Sent you!!)
-  My place is shaping up nicely.