Morinesio - It all began here in 2013.

In June of 2013 I went to Morinesio, Italy to study pageant puppetry with Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles. 

 

I had studied marionette carving in the Czech Republic back in 2006 and had taught puppetry for many years before I decided that I wanted to add pageant puppetry to the mix. Since then I've been hooked.

Hillary & Doug sculpting the head.

Sam & Hillary painting the heads.

Village kids helping paint the base coat of the wolf.

My first cardboard processional puppet before the paint job.