by Terrence Burke | Jul 20, 2020 | behind the scenes puppet creation, Blog, New puppet, Wump Mucket News
Who is The Bagel Kid? The Bagel Kid is the newest member of the Wump Mucket Puppets cast of original characters. The puppet is a rebuild of my first attempt to make a puppet as an adult in 2002. You can see a photo of this version on the Wump Mucket...
by Terrence Burke | Sep 24, 2018 | behind the scenes puppet creation, Documentary, Influence, Jim Henson, PBS, Puppets, Sesame Street
Today would have been Jim Henson’s 82nd birthday. Like many of my fellow puppeteers, his work caught my eye as a child and helped inspire me to achieve my dream to create and perform my own puppet characters to share with children and families. Life’s...
by Terrence Burke | Aug 21, 2018 | behind the scenes puppet creation, Cincinnati, Puppets, The Kooky Spooky Halloween Show, Wump Mucket News
Bat puppet Bat puppet building has begun! This new bat puppet character will be joining Gourdin the Pumpkin Man, Witch Willie, and Morty the Ghost in our Kooky Spooky Halloween Show this October. Over the summer I had the wonderful opportunity to meet two little...
by Terrence Burke | Mar 13, 2018 | behind the scenes puppet creation, Blog, Wump Mucket News
New puppet at Wump Mucket Puppets workshop New puppet in the Wump Mucket Puppets workshop! Here are a few photos of the new puppet that is being built. Can you guess what it will be?
by Terrence Burke | Oct 8, 2017 | behind the scenes puppet creation, Blog, Cincinnati, puppet shows, radio, Television, Wump Mucket News
Our newest puppet star has arrived! Gourdon has joined the cast of “The Kooky Spooky Halloween Show” that we perform throughout October. Here’s a look back on how this puppet went from a lump of clay, to a paper maché head, and almost making his...
by Terrence Burke | Sep 22, 2017 | Bee Happy, behind the scenes puppet creation, Blog, Cincinnati, puppet shows, Wump Mucket News
The calendar says that today is the first day of Autumn, although in Cincinnati it feels like mid-August. Yuck. I am not a fan of hot and sticky weather. Today will also be the final performance of my “Bee Happy” show for 2017. That is unless I receive...
