Making of Professional Eyes for Puppets--Part 3 of 5

This is a long serious of video's not only making dome eyes for a puppet but other methods and materials....however the list is not the limit your imagination is! So please have fun and create, I really hope this will inspire you to thinking outside of the box in creating eyes for your puppets....they are the most important part on any puppet. These are all taped live on the Internet with a group of chatters....I am not talking to myself....lol. Please add any comments or suggestions and star me...this will keep motivating me to make more video's.

Happy puppet making.

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[concordbdance]

It would be interesting to see a clip featuring your actual puppet building process in action; especially the specifics of how you apply the pingpong or other plastic rounded eyes to your cloth puppet. I have experimented with various glues and handsewing to attach eye (and other parts) to puppet and still haven't really found a method that produces great results. The plastic to fabric application has me stumped.

[StiqPuppets]

@concordbdance Sorry It took me so long to reply....I would say for what you are asking is cut small holes in the foam then the material make sure the material hole is slightly smaller than the foam hole. glue the material around the foam hole...glue you can use contact cement and apply it accordingly to both the eye and foam where the eye is going (don't use a lot of glue) then push from the inside out be very careful so you don't get any glue on eyeball push it till it looks right.

[1CTV1]

oo man..i have been seeing your videos and they have helped me out a lot...

so much things i did wrong on a puppet

[StiqPuppets]

@1CTV1 so glad that you found them helpful I still need to organize them better this summer so they have logical sense of making professional puppets.....I have more to add for performing and other hints.

[carlapat20]

Wow! Very nice video. I love your ideas on how to make eyes for puppets. Thank you so much for sharing.

[StiqPuppets]

@carlapat20 NP glad you enjoyed it.

[BeansMonkeyBuisness]

Your videos are awesome! I just made my first puppet last month and it would have been much easier if I could have found these videos first!  I will definitely be watching more as I prepare to start on my other puppet characters!

[concordbdance]

Thanks for your personal response and tips Mr. Stiq :)

Your presentations have been great btw!

[StiqPuppets]

Thanks so much for that tip....really appreciate it.

Daryl

[SlashSpider]

I'd like to leave a tip. Either for you or whoever is reading/watching this video. Did you notice how the ping pong ball had a logo? Most store bought ping pong balls do. Take sand paper to it and you can make the logo disappear.