FREE classes: “A week in a Puppet Builder’s Workshop – Gateway to Your Artistic Breakthrough"

You’re invited for a profound, heart- and eye-opening experience with one of the world's most prolific puppet builders and performers - Bernd Ogrodnik. In a noisy world drowning in plastic and overstimulation of the senses, Bernd’s calm and humorous sharing and holistic approach in design and performance, using the Art of Puppetry as a powerful, healing and educational tool offer a soothing and inspirational alternative. Does the smell of natural wood and a reminder of the importance of breathin

For this month’s puppet-making classes and all proceeding, I want to make sure they aren’t just about sculpting, but also about puppetry. About naming and animating and knowing your puppet, getting to share it with the class (if you choose), forging a familiar. You are so full of stories, of skills and secrets, of beauty, poured into your piece. To commemorate this christening I made these little cards (with the grumpy queen herself, Peppercorn, gracing the front). Puppets gave me comfort, a voi