If you got funk you got style

Coffee brewing...
Sun is shining...
Funkadelic on the CD player...

Puppet stuff happening today...

It's gonna be a good day

Prince Album of the Week - The Chocolate Invasion

Meet.... Jon

Here's the latest trailer for Elmwood Puppet's upcoming series "Animal Behavior"!!!

Original Recipe

Too Much

Thingdingler

Trailer Park: BEING ELMO

Who'z Naked?

Blue Tongue!

Logo by the awesome GABE

Hmmmmm....

Prince ALbum of the Week - N.E.W.S.

Art I Own - Bowie Proof

Gift from Nick Foreman!

“There must be more to life than having everything” - M.S.

Someone mentioned to me that I didn't give Prince a birthday shout out last week on my blog or on Facebook...

Oops...  I post about his amazing music alot, so I figured I would just listen to "Parade" and enjoy the day...

But...  So I don't have the Gods of Paisley Park but the wraith on unfunky on me...

Happy Belated Birthday Prince...

And speaking of influences and birthdays...

Happy Birthday to the late great Maurice Sendak

MAKE PUPPETS WITH ME!!!

 For anyone interested in the Connecticut area I'm starting the the puppet making class at Paris In Plantsville again NEXT WEDNESDAY from 6PM to 8PM (that's June 12!)... 

In a six week class we'll make two small Muppet style puppets (one a monster or animal and the other a humanoid) and get a little puppet training in too! It's 25.00 a class or a one time fee of 125.00 and it's a lot of fun! 

Materials are not included - email me if you're interested jon(at)elmwoodproductions(dot)com

Trailer Park: I AM BIG BIRD

Prince Album of the Week - C-Note

For you, my friend, Jordan

This song keeps reinventing itself for me...  I stumbled on this demo today, and you all need to hear this song.

Hmmmm...

So I've been taking stock of the puppets...  So many puppets...

Some of them aren't great ones; from when I was still learning, and many of them we'll never use...

Look for cheap old puppets by weeks end on my Etsy page ;)

And maybe even some new ones!

and for no reason whatsoever...  MIKE!

New GAMRZ!!!

Here is Episode 4!

Trailer Park: STRINGS

More Poetry Corner!

Simon's Lament

How many puppets does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

I started this morning with  Ziggy Stardust on my turntable, and coffee in hand.  Did some emails for the bidniz of Elmwood, and am now here on my blog...  And I have Sinatra serenading me on the turntable now...
Just wanted to take a five, hit up the blog and say to the world:

It's good to be alive.

Prince Album of the Week - Xpectation

Is sooo close to done!

Elmwood's been working hard on "Animal Behavior"...  Editing, dubbing, music, and even some re-shoots.

I'm excited for this show...

Just wanted to share some pictures of us from the recent re-shoots and dubbing!

Poetry Corner!

Jade

So I'm trying to get back to posting everyday...  So you're gonna get all the Elmwood videos, all the vids from my YouTube page, and gonna keep doing Trailer Park, and more..  So here we go..  with one we've seen before, Elmwood's video for the song "Jade"

Trailer Park - LABYRINTH

Words to live by...

"You must embrace life.  You must be lustful.  You must embrace all these things characters are.  

You must have a drink and gorge yourself and stay up late and live life to the fullest, because you can't be a great puppeteer unless you really enjoy life." 

- Salvatore Gato, Master Puppeteer.

from the book "Puppet: An Essay on Uncanny Life" by Kenneth Gross

Here is a crew...  The Elmwood Crew...  We really enjoy life.

Puppets In Progress...

Making puppets.. . Feeling good..

P.I.P. ...  Now means Puppets In Progress

A good day

It's a warm, rainy afternoon.  Listening to Nick Drake, and the cats are mellow...

The past three weeks have been something to remember.
Life is good.
I have amazing friends, amazing family, and an amazing girlfriend.
I have the puppets, and arts, and joy...
What more do I need...